"If somebody says, you know, to love your enemies, you could say, 'Well I'm going to love them to death.' We've done that sort of stuff so it can be done. But if you really start with love your enemies, and if you look at the tradition of the first Christian centuries, nobody ever seems to suggest well if they come after us to persecute us, is it alright to kill a few? Defensively, of course."

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John Dominic Crossan

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“Well, I think a handshake is something that honorable men do. Before we had contracts we had handshakes that expressed that we were making an arrangement that was based on our honor. And I don't think I can shake the hand of someone who shows and lacks honor by attacking a man's faith.”
“How can it not be right when it's done with love?”
“My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.”
“some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget their real problems.”
“A piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love.”
“Every Tory is a coward; for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.”
“Sensuality does not understand why everyone else is so disturbed by her. As a young girl, she was often scolded for going barefoot.”

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