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Entries by John R. Coats from 07/2010

Jacob, Bank Fraud, and the Thieves of Wall Street

| Posted 07.06.2010 | Religion
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Jacob's wanting more is hardly an ambition that we in the 21st century could condemn with a straight face. Where it gets both morally murky and strikingly familiar is the path he chooses for acquiring more.

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Were Sodom and Gomorrah Really Torched for Homosexuality?

| Posted 07.26.2010 | Religion
Read More: New Orleans, Homosexuality, Punishment in the Bible, The Bible, Bible, Literalism, Genesis and Homosexuality, Punishment for Sins, Hurricane Katrina and Homosexuality, Genesis, Sodom and Gomorrah, Biblical Literalism, New Orleans Punished for Sins, Biblical-Literalism, Gay Rights, Religion News

What if the authors of this fable intended the mob's behavior to be understood as symptomatic of something far more ominous -- that is, a breach in the social contract that could threaten the fabric of desert culture?

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