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Quotes by Bishop

"The evolution of sex is the hardest problem in evolutionary biology."

"The evolution of sex is the hardest problem in evolutionary biology."

John M. Smith, American Bishop

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"You couldn't have human society without language."

"You couldn't have human society without language."

John M. Smith, American Bishop

Society, Language

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"As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape."

"As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape."

John Lancaster Spalding, American Bishop

Paradise, Hell, May, Memory

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"Language changes very fast."

"Language changes very fast."

John M. Smith, American Bishop

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"Christ in this country would quite likely have been arrested under the Suppression of Communism act."

"Christ in this country would quite likely have been arrested under the Suppression of Communism act."

Joost de Blank, Dutch Bishop

Act, Christ, Communism, Country

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"Societies depend on agreed rules."

"Societies depend on agreed rules."

John M. Smith, American Bishop

18

"We have relegated the saints to a pink and blue and gold world of plaster statuary that belongs to the past; it is a hangover, a relic, of the Dark Ages when men were the children of fantasy's magic."

"We have relegated the saints to a pink and blue and gold world of plaster statuary that belongs to the past; it is a hangover, a relic, of the Dark Ages when men were the children of fantasy's magic."

C. Kilmer Myers, American Bishop

Men, Children, Fantasy, Gold

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"We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us."

"We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us."

John Lancaster Spalding, American Bishop

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"Genetics is about how information is stored and transmitted between generations."

"Genetics is about how information is stored and transmitted between generations."

John M. Smith, American Bishop

Generations, Genetics, Information

16

"I think we invent jargon because it saves times talking to one-another."

"I think we invent jargon because it saves times talking to one-another."

John M. Smith, American Bishop

Jargon, Talking

16

"Some will have to cease thinking of the Church as a memorial association for a deceased clergyman called Christ."

"Some will have to cease thinking of the Church as a memorial association for a deceased clergyman called Christ."

Stephen Bayne, American Bishop

Church, Christ, Thinking, Will

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"I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies."

"I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies."

Bishop John Spong, American Bishop

Life, Enemies, Right

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"The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds."

"The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds."

John Lancaster Spalding, American Bishop

Faith, Doubt, May, Mind

12

"A real parish is a wondrously beautiful web of human relationship which is given meaning by the man who is Himself the meaning of life."

"A real parish is a wondrously beautiful web of human relationship which is given meaning by the man who is Himself the meaning of life."

C. Kilmer Myers, American Bishop

Life, Man, Meaning

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"Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored."

"Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored."

John M. Smith, American Bishop

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