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...there is peace between Christian and Muslim." Well, one way for peace to come to the region would be for the Christians to leave. That doesn't suit Godfrey and his men. They are soldiers for Christ. They have a mission to achieve, and they will do it, by God. Their God, that...
...special. (Btw: Fuck filibusters!) Gadfly knew better. In this time of crisis and change – new popes, liberals trying to run our values into the Satan-worshipping ground – the appearance of a Burning Bush on Mount Auburn Street could only mean one thing: God is back, and he’s pissed...
...God and I have always had a complicated relationship. I attended a progressive Jewish day school, where I had an early insight into religion’s hypocrisies—but was indoctrinated with Reform Judaism just the same. I hated the sycophants who revered the rabbis and cantors for all the wrong reasons. I hated the way my teachers wore their observance like a badge of pride—yet so frequently exhibited pettiness. And as I studied Jewish history, I hated the persecution foisted on my ancestors by so many other groups that claimed their authority from God...
...thought was beautiful brought me to tears. I loved my family and friends so fiercely that I frequently prayed for their safety, for our continued happiness. Belief of some sort seemed the only concept that could contain the intensity of my feelings. I dismissed the idea of a God who created humans, but a God who came from the human spirit (an idea that my parents had introduced to me)—I liked that. God could be altruism, love, kindness, happiness. God could be what pulled us away from our instincts to be cruel and competitive and distrustful...
...can’t help thinking cynically that there’s an inherent problem with religion. When a liberal religious figure says “God says this” and a conservative one says “nope, God says this,” guess who usually wins...