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Religion Tent church, religion digest, page 12 Comment, church notes, page 13 Saturday, May 8, 1982, page 11 The Daily Sentinel Grand Junction, Colorado Missionaries ordered out of Ecuador 4 1 i saints and sinners other countries About 1,000 volunters work in Latin America One of its Latin American workers, Chester Allen Bitterman III of Lancaster, Pa was kidnapped in neighboring Colombia in January 1981, by dissident members of the country's M-19 guerrilla movement who charged that the institute was a front for the Central Intelligence Agency The dissidents demanded the institute leave Colombia and when it refused, Bitterman was killed The institute'scontract in Ecuador, like those in other countries, lets it investigate aboriginal languages in return for assistance to government approved health, bilingual education and agricultural projects. Its prime objective introducing primitive people to Christianity has come under fire in recent years by anthropologists who claim it threatens the traditional religious and cultural values of the indigenous people Other opponents of the organization Latin American leflist groups, social workers and human-rights advocates and some anthropologists, maintain that the institute wittingly or unwittingly serves the interests of the United States, especially by opening the jungles to S. oil companies by serving as intermediaries with hostile Indians. More extreme charges, such as those made by the M-19 dissidents in Colom- QUITO, Ecuador (AP) The Bible-translating missionaries of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, who for 30 years have worked with the Indians in the mountains and jurgljs of Ecuador, are preparing to le, i- by May 29 on orders of the The decis' ji', made a year ago. stirred up a national ucowte over the institute's work and the future of the indigenous people the missionaries will leave behind.

In question is whether the government will be capable of working with isolated native populations some still living a Stone-Age-type existence or whether, as one newspaper columnist suggested, their cultures will die and their languages will become no more than sounds lost forever among the jungle's vegetable mass and river torrents. It looks like we're leaving for sure, William Eddy, the institute's public relations man in Ecuador, said in a recent interview. He added that the institute unsuccessfully appealed for an extension until 1985 to complete its mission in Ecuador, a predominantly Roman Catholic country. The institute is the overseas arm of the U.S.-based WyclifTe Bible Translators, the world's largest Protestant missionary organization. It has more than 3,900 volunteers working in 237 Jiia.

are that the missionaries are CIA agents, smugglers and advocates of enforced sterilization The institute has denied all these charges The Ecuadorean government claims that a major reason for breaking its contract with the institute was to stop the debate. "The government position is clear," Vladimir Serrano Perez, undersecretary of government, said recently "Ecuador is sufficiently mature to handle the cultural problems which exist in the country and to resolve them in an efficient manner He said an anthropological institute would be established with support from the Catholic University of Ecuador and the United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO to take over 'he missionaries' operations. "The government insists there are trained personnel prepared to take over the linguistic program, Eddy said "But they are not out there It looks like it will be abandoned Eddys opinion is shared by most newspapers in the country, which generally have lamented the departure of the institute. Indian organizations are divided on the issue.

Many of the most primitive people are so removed from the mainstream of Ecuadorean society that they are not aware their fate is of national concern One anthropologist who supports the institute is Dr Julio Vela of the National Institute for the Colonization of the Zma-zon Region "The departure of the institute ill result in a total disruption of medical clothing, hospital, transport and com mercial services. he said, because no one is prepared to replace the missionaries He predicted increased tribal hositily and the eventual assimilation of the Indians into modern-day Ecuadoran life The 50 institute missionaries in Ecuador include 22 linguists assigned to eight language groups, the Cayapa. Cofan, Colorado, Huaoram (Auca), Shuar (Jivaro), Secoya, Siona and Quichua Eddy said the volunteers have completed alphabets for all eight languages, but have not finished the Huaorani and Secoya dictionaries Only three New Testaments have been completed in the Colorado, Co fan and Shuar languages, he added Eddy said the government had offered to let individual missionaries stay if they would work under government supervision "We assume they would not allow us to produce New Testaments and we could not accept that," he said "Our mission is to provide for spiritual as well as intellectual and physical needs." Study: Journalists not very religious Although media people were found 'much less religious than people in general Lichter says, 'that doesn't necessarily mean they don't do a fair job 3 By George W. Cornell Associated Press An old rule of journalism is that a reporter should look at events with the eyes of the average reader, answering the questions and interests of the "Kansas City milkman, free of personal attitudes. It involves a kind of spiritual process, a self-detachment and identification with wider human concerns than one's own, but it comes automatically to the practiced hand.

The importance of the rule in the coverage of religion is pointed up by research into opinions of journalists who handle reporting for some major news media. The staffs were found generally not to share the public's degree of religious interest. "They're very secular," says Robert Lichter, a political scientist of George Washington University who made the study together with another political scientist, Stanley Rothman of Smith College. Although the media people were found much less religious than people in general," Lichter says, "that doesn't necessarily mean they don't do a fair job a matter dependent on the old reporting rule. The study involved hourlong interviews with 240 editors and reporters for the Nrur York Times, Washington Post, WalJ Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, S.

News and World Report, and the major television networks The objective was to discover the backgrounds, attitudes and views toward American society of those responsible for the content of the new output A predominant chsractenstic of the media elite is its secular outlook," says a summary of findings published last fall in the journal. Public Opinion The report says only 8 percent of those interviewed go to church or synagogue weekly, compared with 41 percent of the American public Eighty six percent of the journalists seldom or never attend religious services, it was found Also, 50 percent of them disclaimed any religious affiliation, in contrast to 70 percent of the public claiming religious membership as found in Gallup polls Lichter says the generally non reh- Marry college man? Not if Dad has say By George R. Plagenz Newspaper Enterprise Association Robin, a 17-year-old friend of mine, will graduate from high school in June. She hopes to go to college over her father's objections. "Robin wants to go to college just so she can find a husband," says her father.

Well, that might not be such a bad reason. You can get to know a boy pretty well when you see him every day and at all different times of the day and in all kinds of social situations. Unlike the girl who sees her fella only after he rings her doorbell at night to take her out, the co-ed might see her man on his way to 8 o'clock class in the morning when he still needs a-shave, or she might sit next to him in English 401 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. She can see how he gets along with his fraternity brothers and how her friends like him. All that is important when you are deciding whether you will be compatible over the long haul with somebody of the opposite sex.

But Robin's father says Robin doesn't have to go to college to find a husband. she gets ready to get married," her father says, "she'll meet somebody nice." She will? Where? If a girl doesn't find the man of her choice in college, the pickings can get pretty scarce. It is a lack of sufficient opportunities to meet men that forces many a woman pushing 30 to accept the first halfway decent proposal she gets. Add to this the rising number of older single people looking for mates due to the increase in divorce, and we have a rel problem. Is advertising for a mate the answer? The Jerusalem Post in Israel regularly carries long columns of classified ads labeled "Matrimonial." They have been inserted by men and women looking for companions and by matrimonial agencies offering to be matchmakers.

The ads make good reading. As one rabbi remarked to me, "Beneath the clash of political problems and the challenge of a world in ferment, the life of a country is perhaps best reflected in the personal columns of its newspapers." Here are some of the 92 ads for mates that caught my eye in a recent issue. They indicate, among other things, that there are plenty of rich girls in Jerusalem looking for a man: Young lady, pretty, with sense of humor, wealthy, educated and interesting Economist, female, 27, attractive, European and very well-off Female, 33, French, educated, attractive and well-established Beautiful, physical education student, 23, well-off Discreet male, 35. 180 (reference to age and weight), reply only if you're really beautiful, broad-minded and Pleasant, tall male, 39, seeks plump woman for discreet, intimate relationship Attractive male, tall, plus car, seeks mischievous woman for intimate companionship The matchmaker ads are equally intriguing sneaky, but intriguing. Examples: Parents' If your daughter is educated and nice, will introduce her to a partner for marriage without her knowledge Worried parents, introduction for your children without their knowledge In finding a mate, as in other pursuits, propinquity and timing are all-important.

Yet, left to chance, propinquity and timing can elude us. Making ones availability known even in newspaper ads may be the best wav to avoid being left out in the cold in this critical area of forming lasting relationships. Maybe Robin father has this in mind for Rohm. A classified ad the newspaper is cheaper than a college education. BBS Eve may not have given Adam an appie The B.We simply savs she gave him forbidden fruit "And when (he woman saw a tree to be desired to make one wise, he fvk (he fruit (hereof, and did eat, and gave aho i m'o her husband ith her, and he did eat Gtn 6 Irving at borne through diversified farming IS the modern version of bWica! advce eaf ye every man of on i nc and everyone of his tree, and d'mk vt none of hi cs'em II kings 18 31 ta oncn have always been sens ovn af.jt their are the ape of woman is wi'h one notable er pimn And Safah, that i yt an o'd, beaf? Cm 17 17 gious aspect of the media people simply showed up in the data without looking for it We asked the standard things and it just jumped out at us, he says Describing them mostly as "ideolgi-cally the report says they strongly support environmental protection, affirmative action, womens rights, homosexual rights and sexual freedom in general However, other studies of the general public find that just as large a proportion of the college-educated are religiously committed as those with less education The journalists are predominate white males in their 30s and 40s, apparently Typical of leadership groups throughout society," the report says, and one of the countrys best educated groups Fifty four percent of the media staffs do not regard adultery as wrong, and only 15 percent see extramarital affairs as immoral, the report says It says 90 percent of the media people support women's right to abortion, and three-fourths of them don't think homosexuality is wrong A broad based study financed by the Connecticut Life Insurance Company has found that 85 percent of the public considers adultery morally wrong, 65 percent regard abortion as morally wrong and 71 percent regard homose-xually as morally wrong That study also fuund wide differences between public attitudes and those in most professional fields, with the clergy most closely reflecting public viewpoints bus Evangelical free Church, signs on daily at 6 a.m, and signs otf at 10 pm.

weeknights, 11 p.m. weekends. An open house, with refreshments, will be held today from 1 m. to 9 m. DJ Roman Moore surveys equipment at the newly completed studios of KJOL, 90 3 a noncommercial Christian station that made its broadcasting debut April 24 The station, loc ated on the grounds of the Colum Rubin Carter no Miss Clairol Christian a violent sjxirt I feel as though God has sen me the the integry the to go out and perform and do sor.rthirg to reach you-g admits." he He be! eves hard clean 1 and expects cr'-ers to do the same I (J.

get mad that he sa.d It he'd Hr me to ug-t I ve game in seven years, and has started on defense in 82 of 89 contests Most of those f.x.'ball games are played on Sundays, but that dot-snt bother Carter I fee 1 Lke 1 ran go out there and G.d on Sundays also, he said 'I don th.r play. ng on Sun lays has af footed rry spiritual hfe at all He does attend chapel fellow layers on Sunday rr.ings he part, ci pales it some tea nr a'e Thursdays a F- h-'e sudy g-. up Carter credits hi tm-tbe lief in God When he was 9 h.s died That was when btc. aware h.u mothers st -g whirh armed her through w-at have been a devastating per o-d I saw the and Te mother fet Carter fees', ed In rented He same peace and she ed when 1 was a f-fs'-in Thrr, hr qu T-d from the thrngs wc rk gpher for T-w hu lose kJ. fr those who a-e a to h.s ni-ose With that rtrrr.lr e-t, Cattr pn't d.fT.r.lt to be a Chr.

ar, a- By Gary Maiuro Sentinel staff writer Talk with Rubin Carter and you'll know quick where he stands On the football field. Carter wears No 68. playing nose guard on defense fur the Ienver Broncos. Off the field. Carter, 23, is a family man husband and father a businessman who sells in suranre and real estate He is a Christian too, devout in his belief that be can best live l.fe by srrvirg God I a CH or M.sj ml Chr.s t.an where or 'y Gd knows for -e Carter said 'Ini Ch.Tspan Carter gave the keynote add-ess at the Grand J.nrtmn Sa'vatmn Army an rua! financial report banquet TH-sdav ght at To a Ch-i-ran r'irs a oral iTrent to what Gid a-'s me to 6 to Oid I e1 i I1 '1 I.

s. God rule." Carter sa Afer a jiTk rg a 1 tiT-er at the Unvees tf V.ami at Flomda where he was ected to to 41! Amer ira teams. Carr was drafttd ty the ror.ros in He hat ritsed ory ore 'I1 in C. cjn liter -( Ru Ch I he rt kn- or I.