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‘But if you don’t want to infringe upon my agency, let me have agency’

‘ We don’t have to fall into the same category to be of equal value’

I recommend reading what the book is about before deciding to read. I did not and it was dark. Well written. Just a hard topic.

….’ who is nonexistence is necessary to the self conception of this place…”

In a world of division and power struggles, the only authentic path forward for Christianity is reclaiming the essence of Jesus’s teachings—challenging systems of injustice, caring for the struggling, and embodying love in word, deed, and policy.

… faith has continued to sustain and evolve. Organized religion and individual spirituality are not the same. And there’s no way to measure the amount of good that has come through all kinds of spiritual and religious people. History and media don’t record the everyday acts of individual love and kindness by Christians, Jews, Muslims, and all believers of good faith.

Strength is measured by who you protect, not who you attack.

‘Science has never made me doubt the existence of a loving God, but some Christians have.’

Real faith is not afraid of reason

Annoying. 45% on to a different book

DNF 46% in

“ according to Lao-Tse, the more man interfered with a natural balance produced and governed by the universal laws, the further away the harmony retreated into the distance.”

…”It was as if even the little misunderstandings replaced in their path deliberately as best to illustrate the workings of grace”

…”smart people of good conscience live everywhere, you just have to look for them”…