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To: TobagoJack who wrote (50119)	5/16/2009 8:21:05 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217917

This is a podcast by Nick Paumgarten, the writer of a brilliant article in the 5/18 edition of the New Yorker. I let my subscription lapse but will bring the article here when my renewal goes through. In the meantime, listen to Paumgarten: newyorker.com

To: TobagoJack who wrote (50119)	5/16/2009 8:49:02 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217917

Paumgarten makes an interesting point in his article: In Aramaic, the words for 'sin' and 'debt' are the same. Thus, the Lord's Prayer can be seen as asking forgiveness for debts when it asks for forgiveness for trespasses. Are the original Christians therefore the original wastrels, Ilaine's original clients? Is Christianity built on a bedrock of debt-repudiation? Is the notion that we are 'given' our daily bread [rather than working for it] the beginning of our acceptance of the nanny state?