"It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?"

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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.707, Simon and Schuster

A. J. Jacobs

#Wise Quotes #Book Quotes #Brutality Quotes

“I don't think women need another black bag. Everybody has a black bag already, so I thought this season (needs) color.”
“Injuries too well remembered cannot heal.”

Source : Benjamin Barber (2001). “Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy”, Ballantine Books
“Knowledge has come to be defined as what can be proven by secular evidence and arguments.”

Source : Roger E. Olson (2013). “The Journey of Modern Theology: From Reconstruction to Deconstruction”, p.27, InterVarsity Press
“Conformity to a sick society is to be sick.”
“That's one of the most exciting things about Michigan's future. We need to, we must capitalize on our alternative-energy vehicles that we can produce right here.”
“It accords with the most liberal spirit of philosophy to suppose that not a stone can fall, or a plant rise, without the immediate agency of divine power.”
“If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.”
“When love is out of your life, you're through in a way. Because while it is there it's like a motor that's going, you have such vitality to do things, big things, because love is goosing you all the time.”

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