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“remaining silent when a murderer’s plans become known to you.” Murder, of course, is not the intention. But again, what difference does it make to the victims whether their deaths are caused by hostility or by indifference?”
― No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments
― No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments
“The commandment “Do not kill” calls us as religious people to nurture life on this earth, to support systems that are healthy and compassionate, to speak up when we see lethal injustice. “Do not kill” at its simplest is a call for world peace: a call for each of us to protect, honor, and serve all the creatures of the earth.”
― No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments
― No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments
“Kurt Vonnegut quipped, “You know, this guy who owns this mansion probably made more money this week than you’ve ever made from your decades of sales of Catch-22.” Joseph Heller replied, “Ah, but I have something that he will never have.” “What’s that?” asked Vonnegut. “Enough,” said Heller.”
― No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments
― No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments
“The week after one’s death may or may not play out as it’s described in this account of the nefesh and the mirrors, but the idea that the rending of soul from body brings pain is entirely credible. Beyond credible, I believe that this painful rending is happening repeatedly in our world today, for most of us long before its natural arrival at the time of death.”
― The Secret Despair of the Secular Left: Our Fraying Connections with Our Communities, Our Bodies, and the Earth
― The Secret Despair of the Secular Left: Our Fraying Connections with Our Communities, Our Bodies, and the Earth
“She first explained that in the kabbalah (the received mystical tradition) a person is understood to have five levels of soul consciousness. The “highest,” subtlest, and most ethereal is called yechida—our primordial essence, already unified with the divine light of God.”
― The Secret Despair of the Secular Left: Our Fraying Connections with Our Communities, Our Bodies, and the Earth
― The Secret Despair of the Secular Left: Our Fraying Connections with Our Communities, Our Bodies, and the Earth
“Nothing can possibly make us unworthy of God’s love, which is infinite and unconditional.”
― The Secret Despair of the Secular Left: Our Fraying Connections with Our Communities, Our Bodies, and the Earth
― The Secret Despair of the Secular Left: Our Fraying Connections with Our Communities, Our Bodies, and the Earth
