"Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity."

Family, People, Christianity

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"Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity."

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"Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther."

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"I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly."

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"What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I hardly knew? Probably, I would have looked the other way at best or become another apologist for evil at worst."

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"Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life."

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"This Christian poison hasn't stopped yet."

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"The real evidence is not practically speaking in scholarship but in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practising Christians. Their lives are the proofs of their beliefs."

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"I still go to a Christian priory for retreats."

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"I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity."

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"My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely."

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"We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister."Pride? Catelyn snapped. His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry. "Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power."My brother is undoubtedly arrogant, Tyrion Lannister replied. "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you? He grinned."

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