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The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shock

The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me. – Lionel Blue

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I didnt want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didnt want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs. – Lionel Blue

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Fear
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For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. – Lionel Blue

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Religion
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The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians. – Lionel Blue

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Christmas
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. – G.K. Chesterton

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Religion

An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: “If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?” “No,” said the priest, “not if you did not know.” “Then why,” asked the Inuit earnestly, “did you tell me?” – Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

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Religion

The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals. – Jonathan Lethem

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Religion

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely. – Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinthes, 1962

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Religion

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Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt. – Woodrow Wilson

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In life and in movies, its a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations. – Jeff Bridges

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movies

I have accepted fear as a part of life — specifically the fear of change…. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. – Erica Jong

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Grandparents are a delightful blend of laughter, caring deeds, wonderful stories, and love. – Author Unknown

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Grandparents