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Show 7&Z- »I...I've been reading the Talmud," I told him with nervous pride. "It's amazing, the similarity between Judaic teachings and the things you taught us..." "Yes," he nodded vigorously, smiling. Then he sobered. "But you must remember - these are the words of men. You can only trust in the word of God." "I read the Bible every day," I said, but didn't bring up my thought that the Bible had been written down and translated by men. What an incredible challenge - to translate a history from one world, or^e age to another! But I said nothing. Let him keep his views clear and narrow. My wider stream of belief was filled with rapids and dangerous, jutting rocks of doubt. other "But you must read the/standard works, too," admonished the new wife. with difficulty. I swallowed ^zrzzzn^=~ my irritation A She was a newcomer; she couldn't know that I had been spoon-fed the standard works from earliest thought. "The Book of Mormon, The Doctrine and Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price. " My father was naming them as though I had forgotten, ticking them off on his fingers. Four fingers, four standard works. I wondered what one did with the signifier of creativity, the opposable thumb. Didn't we, created in the image of the Creator, have an obligation to he creators within our own spheres? Didn't the thoughts and words of men count for something, too. Lord Jehovah had said to Moses, 'Come, let us reason together...' "The writers of the Talmud must have been inspired, Daddy. ?°r that matter, so was Shakespeare - and Milton, and Wordsworth, |