Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off.

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  Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physi

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  I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew.

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  So many plusses, so many minuses.

• Lionel Blue:

  I recovered my infant Judaism, but in a reformist version.

• Lionel Blue:

  It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism.

• Lionel Blue:

  I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things.

• Thomas Traherne:

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• Thomas Traherne:

  More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.

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  Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-

• Thomas Traherne:

  Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us.