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Ask any alcoholic and they will tell you no one can save them but themselves; and not every alcoholic wants to be saved but when it comes to sin many want salvation. It’s the theme not only of the Bible but of some of the greatest writers like Sinclair Lewis. Had he not been able to use this theme to weave his word tapestries like Elmer Gantry he may have remained an unknown. Sin, like sex, sells, and there is always a ready market for stories that emphasize the human propensity for sin. If it were not for sin, the point of many stories like The Scarlet Letter and sermons like those of Jonathan Edwards focusing on hypocrisy would be without basis and many a moral would be wanting. As I write ashes from the Piute fire are falling about and the smoke is making breathing difficult even for those without respiratory problems. But it brings to mind the phrase hotter than hell, and the forecast is for those high temps so characteristic of Kern County in general and Bakersfield...
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