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MILITARY EDUCATION It is with the above in mind that I critical skill shortage at intermediate BENEFITS have introduced two bills that are the enlisted personnel levels. companions to those introduced re­ Fourth, the fourth option provides HON. G. WILLIAM WHITEHURST cently by my distinguished Senate col­ that an individual may pass his/her OF league from Virginia, Senator JOHN W. 36-month educational assistance pro­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WARNER. The Veterans Educational In­ gram on to a spouse or to a child if 16 centive Act

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. July 31, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20893 31, 1989, to a date 5 years after the problems represent a classic situation Hon. NEIL A. GOLDSCHMIDT' veteran's last discharge or release of an industry experiencing severe eco­ Secretary of Transportation, Department of Transportation, from active duty. nomic hard times due to Government Washington, D. C. I urge that the House of Representa­ policies of economic contraction and DEAR MR. SECRETARY: We at Mack Trucks, tives give these proposals full and yet being faced with the prospect of Inc. are mindful of our responsibilities as a prompt attention to assure that our new, more stringent rules related to major producer of motor vehicles to envi­ Nation's defense remains strong and in environmental controls. Many thou­ ronmental quality, through responsible im­ capable hands.e plementation of engineering advancements sands of jobs in my own Lehigh Valley geared toward lessening the undesirable ef­ district and other truck producing fects of air, water, and noise pollution. Our H.R. 7152 areas are at stake. commitment is clear-however, we are con­ For example, in the last 6 months, cerned about recent regulatory intentions announced by the Environmental Protec­ HON. CARDISS COLLINS the heavy-duty truck industry has tion Agency, and the severity with which OF ILLINOIS been buffeted by several serious eco­ they will impact the heavy-duty truck in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nomic developments. At this time, the dustry. We are concerned that optimum ef­ Thursday, July 31, 1980 industry is having as serious, if not fectiveness will be undermined by regula­ greater, problems than that of the tory efforts that are ill-conceived and eco­ e Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois. Mr. automobile industry. The heavy duty nomically unrealistic-thus rendering the Speaker, on July 21, the House consid­ programs' objectives virtually unattainable. ered H.R. 7152, which authorizes a truck dealers' business has dropped Three general contentions illustrate our classified appropriation for fiscal year approximately 55 percent from the current impressions on the recent regula­ 1981, for intelligence and intelligence­ same period in 1979. This serious busi­ tory efforts of governmental agencies. <1) After approximately 10 years of gov­ related activities of the United States. ness decline, coupled with the high cost of money, plus double-digit infla­ ernment regulatory experience, it is time to The bill also authorized personnel ceil­ evaluate the effects of regulations imposed, ings for intelligence services and re­ tion is having a serious negative redefine our national priorities, and estab­ tirement and disability benefits. impact on the profitability of both lish a practical medium balancing health I am cognizant of the fact that the manufacturers and dealers and many and safety benefits with inflationary trends administration supports enactment of heavy duty truck dealers are at risk of and energy costs. this bill and some of my colleagues going bankrupt. (2) The evaluation of regulatory effects is especially necessary in view of the evident feel modifications should be made. I find it both ironic and disturbing lack of auditing up to present. This has re­ My position on this matter is one of that the environmental steamroller sulted in wasted effort, inflexibility, and the opposition. The bill clearly precipi­ keeps rolling along irrespective of the inability to alter direction or emphasis in re­ tates a crisis in communication be­ consequences to people's jobs. I have sponse to rapidly changing worldwide condi­ tween Government agencies, the and will continue to support sensible tions. Senate and House, and the White regulations that afford real protection (3) Various governmental agencies and House regarding the proper monitor­ their departments have displayed a lack of to the environment and the public. It c01nmunication among themselves and with ing of intelligence agencies and their is time for the Congress to step back industry, resulting in widespread L.'lefficien­ activities. to comprehensively evaluate the past cy and no synergistic effects. As we are all acutely aware, the ad­ 10 years of regulatory experience and Five specific issues serve as examples of ministration has experienced embar­ see where we are headed over the next these trends. rassing incidents in the past which oc­ 10. <1) Recent EPA rulemaking concerning curred because of the vacuum of 1984 heavy-duty engine emissions includes a knowledge about the activities of intel­ This is a new ball game. Ten years requirement for changing the present ligence agencies. It is essential that ago America was not beset by a severe steady state 13 mode test procedure to a proper channels of communication are and persistent inflation. Cheap energy transient test procedure. This requires new was the rule. Will we throw out the testing facilities, controls, and instrumenta­ established and access to knowledge is tion for the entire industry. made available for our Government to baby with the bath water by continu­ There has not been a proper demonstra­ function in an effective fashion. ing to ignore that the public well­ tion that the new test cycle represents Rather than closing off important being and even the public health can heavy-duty truck operations any better avenues of communication and ac­ be harmed by economic as well as envi­ than the current test method, therefore, the countability, we must work to see the ronmental decay? added cost of certification cannot be justi­ enactment of new statutory charter fied. Industry did not have the new facilities In my view, we have progressed to in place at the time of rulemaking and could and guidelines for intelligence activi­ the point where industry recognizes not effectively comment. This issue along ties and to insure proper direction and their social responsibility for environ­ with the 10 percent AQL, alternate 1984 HC control under the law. We must review mental quality. It is time the Federal standard, useful life definition, allowable existing laws and regulations on secre­ regulatory mechanism adjusted to the maintenance requirement, and multiplica­ cy in Government in order to achieve recogpition by taking steps to compre­ tive deterioration factors were vigorously a better balance between necessary se­ hensively evaluate the effects of regu­ pointed out to the EPA during the public crecy and the citizens' right to know. lations imposed, redefine our national hearing prior to the final rulemaking, and Mr. Speaker, I am convinced that now forms the basis of the Engine Manufac­ priorities and establish a practical turers Association's

CXXVI--1316~ 16 20932 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1980 ties Union said the mixed judicial signals Bill Baroody rose from humble be­ issues, bringing in distinguished foreign have provided an easy argument to those ginnings-he was the son of a Leba­ thinkers and political figures, Mr. Baroody who would protest re-institution of the nese stonecutter-to preside over the maneuvered AEI front and center to a posi­ draft by not registering. tion where it is financed by leading founda­ In this case, as in all cases, beware of free building nf the .American Enterprise tions and respected by old opponents as well legal advice. The ACLU is gung-ho on fight­ Institute into the respected policy as by a widening-and bipartisan-circle of ing draft registration and would like noth­ review "think tank" it is today. Bill new friends. ing better than a massive legal brawl based joined AEI in 1954 as its executive vice In the process, Mr. Baroody became a po­ on the confusion that has Clouded the regis­ president. At that time, it was a small litical force in his own right, recognized as tration picture in recent days. org"3.nization, with an annual budget of an influence on the policies of both the But before swallowing the ACLU line, con­ $80,000 principally funded by corpo­ Nixon and Ford administrations and on sider this: The penalties are stiff for those rate donations. Under his guidance, thinking in the neo-conservative wing of the who don't register. Failure to register is a AEI gradually lost its lightweight Democratic party as well. It was thanks to felony that carries a maximum penalty of him, .among others, that the term "neo-con­ five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine. image _and bec~e known internation­ servative" became identified with fresh The highest court in the land has said reg­ ally as a serious, intellectual, and ideas and possibilities of power. istration should proceed. Like it or not, if scholarly institution with an annual His presence will be missed in Washington you're 20 years old, you are bound by law to budget of $8 million, primarily funded .and across the nation, the more so because sign up for the draft this week. Next week, by major national foundations. of its continuing life in the institution he unless there are more developments on the Bill Baroody was an adviser to Presi­ built.• legal front, men born in 1961 must regis­ dents and Cardinals. His advice was ter.e sought after by Democrats and Repub­ TESTIMONY ON S. 450 licans, liberals and conservatives alike~ THE FORCEFUL ANNEXATION OF I admired him greatly, both for his THE BALTIC STATES: 40 YEARS depth and wisdom, and for his person­ HON.CARLOSJ.MOORHEAD LATER al integrity. In my years in the Con­ OF CALIFORNIA gress, I have benefited often, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. THOMAS A. DASCHLE always greatly, from his friendship Thursday, July 31, 1980 OF SOUTH DAKOTA and counsel. e Mr. MOORHEAD of California. Mr. Mr. Speaker, the Washington Star IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Speaker, on behalf of myself and my this evening paid a moving tribute to Thursday, July 31, 1980 colleague from Virginia, Mr. PAUL William J. Baroody. I would like my TRIBLE, I wish to include the remarks • Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. Speaker, I feel colleagues to read it. for Bill Baroody of William R. Bright, president of it is very important to acknowledge was truly a force for good who will be Campus . Crusade for Christ, who re­ that 40 years has passed since the greatly missed. cently testified before the House Judi­ Soviet Union invaded, conquered, and WILLIAM J. BAROODY ciary Subcommittee on Courts, Civil subjugated the brave people of the It is not often that a single career and per­ Liberties, and Administration of Jus­ Baltic States. During and after this sonality can combine vital attachment to tice regarding the matter of school period many of the citizens from this tradition with creative anticipation of the prayer. The testimony is as follows: region migrated to the United States. future. It was among the distinctions of Wil­ STATDIENT ON s. 450 BY WILLIAM R. BRIGHT A sizable contingent of them have set­ liam J. Baroody, the fonner head of the American Enterprise Institute, who died Mr. Chairman, members of the commit­ tled in Sioux Falls, S. Dak., where Monday, that his career and personality did tee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear they have continued to work for a free just that. before you today to explain why I think homeland while at the same time con­ The private man was pure American that it is not only right and proper but a tributed greatly to the prosperity, cul­ myth. A poor boy from an immigrant matter of genuine urgency that Senate Bill ture, and well-being of Sioux Falls and family-his father was a stonecutter from 450 be brought before the members of the the State of South Dakota. Lebanon-he worked his way through col­ House of Representatives for their consider­ I am proud that our Government lege and, by middle age, had risen to a posi­ ation and action. tion where presidents of the United States As I believe you understand, the ultimate has never accepted the validity of were listening to his advice. starting point for what I will say this after­ Soviet annexation of the Baltic States He was a patriarch emotionally centered noon is the firm belief that God is, and that and that the Congress has recently in a large, energetic family that kept grow­ He is as the Bible reveals Him-a Creator of passed a joint resolution expressing ing; when he died, the count on grandchil­ incomprehensible power and majesty but denial of Soviet citizenship claims over dren was up to 37. He was gratified to have equally a Divine Father Who hears prayer; the people of the Baltic States. his oldest son, former White House aide, loving and merciful, but just; eager to share The world has seen a repetition of William Jr., take over as head of AEI when Himself with us, but unwilling to force us to these events in the years since the he retired two years ago. He was a profound­ accept Him. ly religious man, whose preoccupations in In other words, the God of Abraham, Baltic States were illegally and immor­ the world of politics and intellectual contro­ Moses, and David; of Simon Peter and Paul ally annexed. Yet at great personal versy never got in the way of active partici­ of Tarsus; of Augustine and Luther; of the risk, patriots in Lithuania, Latvia, and pation in the affairs of the Melchite Greek Pilgrims, and the Puritans, of George Wash­ Estonia continue to resist assimilation Catholic Church. ington, the "Father of Our Country," of into the Russian culture. It is my hope At the same time, this man of values a Abraham Lincoln, "the Great Emancipa­ that someday the Russians will be good many people find old-fashioned if not tor," and of so many, many others who forced from this area and that free­ downright anachronistic had an extraordi­ helped establish this nation and have dom and independence will again narily cool and discerning eye for trends. He helped sustain it through the last two cen­ decided back in the 1950s that New Deal turies. We often refer to Him in song as the flourish in this region of the world.e dogma on politics and economics had run "God of our fathers," and so He certainly out of steam, leaving a clear track for a vig­ has been. A FRIEND IS GONE-A TRIBUTE orous new kind of conservatism. As one of I believe that the evidence of His guidance his long-time colleagues put it, "He was and protection to our country since its earli­ TO WILLIAM J. BAROODY., SR. always the first to spot a vacuum and move est days is overpowering. A great many of in; sometimes he would create a vacuum to the founders of the nation, including some HON. JACK F. KEMP move into." who were not Christians, were keenly aware OF NEW YORK Starting with a bit of corporation money of a Divine Hand shaping the course of and a few lively minds, including that of events during those critical early years and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, he began decades. Lincoln was equally aware of it a Thursday, July 31, 1980 to build AEI into the major American think half century later, during our next great tank it is today. At first, it was considered crisis. Who could have lived through World •Mr. KEMP. Mr. Speaker, Monday too right-wing to be taken seriously by the War II and not sensed a Divine Friend at night the world lost one of its true intellectual mainstream. Recruiting more work to keep alive freedom and the hope of giants of modern political thought­ and more dynamic scholars, conducting freedom? my good friend, William J. Baroody, long-range studies, publishing magazines I believe that God has blessed our land be­ Sr. and books, sponsoring debates over critical cause Americans have, on the whole, ac- July 31, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20933 knowledged and honored Him from our ear­ Washington himself was among those of gates, nearly all of whom were believers of liest days. Admittedly, we have often made our early leaders who unashamedly honored one kind or another, got on with the busi­ mistakes and broken His laws. Yet there has and feared God. It is reported that, for ness of crafting a new Constitution, togeth­ been a deep consensus that, although we many years of his adult life including the er with what has come down to us as the fall short of God's standard, there is a period of his national leadership, it was his Bill of Rights. Thank God for their work, standard, established by Him, by which we custom to begin and end every day on his and His role in it. must measure ourselves. And again and knees in Bible-reading and prayer. Those of Acknowledgment of God's sovereignty in again, Americans have turned back toward you who have had the opportunity to read human affairs and His guidance and protec­ God in individual and national repentance his personal prayers, which have been pre­ tion to this unique young nation did not end and received healing, forgiveness, and a served by historians, will have sensed the with the colonial period. At one of the dark­ fresh start. deep faith of this man whose contribution est moments in our history, President But it is the sad conclusion of many that to our nation was so great. Abraham Lincoln proclaimed another na­ our relationship with that God of our fa­ One of the most striking indications of tional day of fasting and prayer. The initia­ thers is in greater peril at this moment than the thinking of the Founding Fathers about tive had come from the Senate. The date at any previous time in our history. For God's part in the establishment of the was April 30, 1863, and the meaning of the many, the depth of our rejection of God United States came in 1787. The scene was language was unmistakable. and the rich heritage of our nation's Judeo­ Philadelphia, where the Constitutional Con­ "Whereas," the proclamation opened, Christian values was symbolized tragically vention was in session. The month was May. "the Senate of the United States, devoutly in the 1963 decision of the U.S. Supreme Debate and disagreement over the shape of recognizing the Supreme authority and just Court in the case of Abington Township v. the Constitution had become increasingly government of Almighty God in all of the Schempp. This ruling had the effect of vir­ bitter. The New York delegation had al­ affairs of men and nations, has, by a resolu­ tually banishing from the public schools all ready gone home in disgust, and it appeared tion, requested the President to designate mention of the Divine Father whom we ac­ that the convention was on the verge of a and set apart a day for national prayer and knowledge on our coins and in so many collapse that could have been catastrophic humiliation; other areas of public life. for the struggling new nation. "And whereas it is the duty of nations, as I am one who believes that our turning It was at this point that Benjamin Frank­ well as of men, to own their dependence away from God in our prosperity-and espe­ lin rose to his feet. Franklin was then 81 upon the overruling power of God, to con­ cially our rejection of Him in this very basic years old, a man honored both in his home­ fess their sins and transgressions, in humble way-has brought upon the United States land and in Europe as a leader in science, in sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine the same chastening which the ancient business, in diplomacy. A man not known repentance will lead to mercy and pardon, nation of Israel so often experienced when particularly for religious convictions. Some and to recognize the sublime truth an­ the Israelites had turned aside from Him. I 40 years earlier he had, in fact, good-natur­ nounced in the Holy Scriptures and proven believe that the evidence is overwhelming edly turned aside the efforts of his friend, by all history that those nations only are that we in this country are under God's the great preacher George Whitefield, to blessed whose God is the Lord ..." judgment, and that it is altogether likely convert him to Christianity. A later passage reads, "We have been the that much worse troubles lie dead ahead of Franklin's words were of historic signifi­ recipients of the choicest. bounties of us if we do not leave the present course we cance then, and they are worth repeating in heaven. We have been preserved these are following. our own historical context, I think. many years in peace and prosperity. We The situation cries out for wisdom on Addressing the chairman of the conven­ have grown in numbers, wealth and power, many fronts, but among the most urgent, I tion, George Washington, and the other as no other nation has ever grown. We have am certain in my heart and mind, is the members, he reminded them of something forgotten the gracious hand which pre­ area of voluntary prayer in the public that they had forgotten in the heat and served us in peace, and multiplied and en­ schools. It is an issue, I submit, that our controversy of the moment. riched and strenghtened us, and have vainly most representative national body must not "In the beginning of the contest with Brit­ imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts brush aside or shrink from. ain," he said, "when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room that all these blessings were produced by NATION'S JUDEO-CHRISTIAN HERITAGE for Divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were some superior wisdom and virtue of our Let me return to the matter of the coun­ heard, and they were graciously answered. own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we try's Judeo-Christian heritage. In these have become too self-sufficient to feel the All of us who were engaged in the struggle necessity of redeeming and preserving days when the religion of humanism domi­ must have observed frequent instances of a nates so many of our textbooks and class­ grace, too proud to pray to the God who superintending Providence in our made us!" rooms, little attention seems to be given to favor ... and have we now forgotten this the many evidences of God's hand in our be­ But it was not just those who occupied the powerful friend? Or do we imagine we no nation's high offices who were mindful of ginnings as a nation: evidences that ·were, longer need His assistance? however, well known not only to the genera­ "I have lived, sir, a long time, and the God. None perceived the soul of the United tions involved but to the succeeding genera­ longer I live, the more convincing proofs I States and its people more accurately than tions until comparatively recently. the distinguished French historian Alexis de see of this truth: 'that God governs in the Tocqueville, who wrote in his classic study, It is, for example, not generally known affairs of man.' And if a sparrow cannot fall that th~ diaries of Christopher Columbus "Democracy in America": to the ground without His notice, is it prob­ "I sought for the greatness and genius of make it clear that he interpreted his first able that an empire can rise without His name as "Christ-bearer" and undertook his aid? America in her commodious harbors and voyages in search of new lands in which to "We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred her ample rivers; and it was not there; in establish the gospel of Jesus Christ. One Writings that except the Lord build the the fertile fields and the boundless prairies, hundred four of the first 119 colleges found­ house, they labor in vain that build it. I and it was not there; in her rich mines and ed in this country-including outstanding firmly believe this. I also believe that, with­ her vast world commerce, and it was not institutions such as Harvard, Princeton, out His concurring aid, we shall succeed in there. Not until I went into the churches of Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia-were es­ this political building no better than the America, and heard her pulpits aflame with tablished largely for the purpose of ac­ builders of Babel; we shall be divided by our righteousness, did I understand the secret quainting young scholars with the knowl­ little, partial local interests; our projects of her genius and power. America is great edge of God and the Bible upon which all will be confounded; and we ourselves shall because she is good, and if America ever other branches of wisdom and knowledge become a reproach and a byword down to ceases to be good, America will cease to be rest. During the colonial period, I am in­ future ages. And what is worse, mankind great!" · formed, 70 percent of the graduates of Har­ may hereafter from this unfortunate in­ BIBLICAL PRECEDENTS vard entered the ministry. stance, despair of establishing government Whether or not they knew it, both Benja­ A great many of the Founding Fathers by human wisdom and leave it to chance, min Franklin and de Tocqueville were on were men of God, and the consciousness of war, or conquest. firm biblical ground when they warned that, Him is explicit in such documents as the "I therefore beg leave to move that, apart from God, America would founder Declaration of Independence. Two hundred henceforth, prayers imploring the assist­ and break apart. Moses spoke in such the five years ago this month-on July 20, ance of Heaven and its blessing on our delib­ same spirit to the people of Israel just 1775-the set aside eration, be held in this assembly every before he turned over the leadership to the first national day of prayer and fasting, morning before we proceed to business." Joshua and left them, after having strug­ and General George Washington enforced it Peter Marshall and David Manuel report gled for them and with them for more than throughout the army. Later in the war a in their excellent book, "The Light and the 40 years of their wilderness experience. second such day of fasting and prayer was Glory," that Franklin's speech and the Moses told them of the land of plenty set aside when it was sensed that the sol­ sober reflection in the silence that followed that lay ahead of them, and he assured diers were being taken over by brash self­ marked the turning point for the conven­ them that the God of their fathers would confidence and pride rather than looking to tion. With their priorities rearranged by richly bless them if they remembered His God for strength and ultimate protection. Franklin's startling admonition, the dele- goodness to them and honored Him and 20934 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 31, 1980 kept His laws. "The Lord your God," Moses all your proper forms and give extra offer­ as I believed that I was called to be. Above told them, "is bringing you into a good land ings. How you pride yourselves and crow all during the almost three decades of my of brooks, pools, gushing springs, valleys, about it everywhere! ministry, I have been keenly aware of God's and hills; it is a land of wheat and barley, of " 'I sent you hunger,' says the Lord, 'but it overwhelming love and have preached that grape vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olives, did no good; you still would not return to message above all other messages. and honey; it is a land where food is plenti­ me. I ruined your crops by holding back the But I must tell you that for the last few ful; and nothing is lacking; it is a land where rain three months before the harvest. I sent years I have felt increasingly that those of iron is as common as stone, and copper is rain on one city, but not another. While us who believe in the God of the Bible and abundant in the hills." He could have been rain fell on one field, another was dry and try to understand and follow Him must re­ describing our own land, the parallel is so withered . . . I sent blight and mildew on member that, while His love is unfailing, His close. your farms and your vineyards; the locusts determination to chasten His people when "When you have eaten your fill," he con­ ate your figs and olive trees. And still you they turn aside from Him is also a part of tinued, "bless the Lord your God for the wouldn't return to me,' says the Lord. 'I His character. And I believe that we a good land He has given you. But," he sent you plagues like those of Egypt long nation are experiencing God's judgment, warned, "that is the time to be careful! ago. I killed your lads in war and drove and will face even more severe judgment­ Beware that in your plenty you don't forget away your horses. The stench of death was and, as with ancient Israel, the actual loss the Lord your God and begin to disobey terrible to smell. And yet you refused to of our freedom-if we continue to disobey Him. For when you have become prosperous come. I destroyed some of your cities, as I Him and follow after false, manmade gods. and have built fine homes to live in, and did Sodom and Gomorrah; those left are For the last several decades, in particular, when your flocks and herds have become like half-burned firebrands snatched away I feel that we as a nation and as individuals very large, and your silver and gold have from fire. And still you won't return to me,' many of whom call ourselves followers of multiplied, that is the time to watch out says the Lord. God have more and more turned away from that you don't become proud, and forget the " 'Therefore I will bring upon you all God's Word as contained in the Scriptures Lord your God who brought you out of slav­ these further evils I have spoken of. Pre­ and have begun to accommodate ourselves ery in the land of Egypt . . . But if you pare to meet your God in judgment, Israel." to new religions. One of the more obvious is forget about the Lord your God and wor­ Yet in the very next chapter, Amos repeats the god of materialism, a very attractive ship other gods instead, and follow evil God's ancient entreaty to his people: "The fellow indeed in times of prosperity. There ways, you shall certainly perish, just as the Lord says to the people of Israel, 'Seek me­ are the political gods of communism, Lord has caused other nations in the past to and live.'" nazism, and excessive nationalism. It often perish. That will be your fate, too, if you I quote from the Holy Scriptures at some seems that we have made pleasure a god, don't obey the Lord your God." length in the knowledge that the vast ma­ and immediate sexual gratification in par­ Later in that same charge to the tribes of jority of our fellow citizens at all levels of ticular. Israel, Moses returned to the same theme responsibility reverence the Bible and be­ Perhaps the most subtle and thus most but with even greater explicitness: "If you lieve, as I do, that it is God's Word to man­ dangerous of them all, though, is the god of fully obey all of these commandments of not simply some interesting stories and self: of believing that man is himself the ul­ the Lord your God