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Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind
There’s a horrible lack of humaneness regarding marriage and remarriage issues. There’s close-mindedness to scientific progress beneficial to people—like birth control and condoms for people in Africa to combat AIDS.
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a wasting sense of shameful hypocrisy.
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are required to profess”—
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You can’t change your beliefs as an act of will, in the way you can decide to improve your skills with chainsaw or keyboard.
from Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind by Daniel C. Dennett
There’s no God who is by nature a relational being.
from Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind by Daniel C. Dennett
There’s a phrase in the Song of Solomon that says, “Her hair was like a flock of goats on a hillside.” And I thought, “Yuck!” until I was in Israel and I saw a flock of goats on a hillside, and they ripple.
from Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind by Daniel C. Dennett
The Church is a positive influence on her. It helps her to feel good. It helps her to feel connected.
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caveat lector!)
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“Well, how do we answer those who say … ?” And that’s the clue—“those who say.” Then
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