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Someone gave me a New Testamen...

Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me.

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Some of the parables of the Ki...

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

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So many plusses, so many minus...

So many plusses, so many minuses.

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Praying privately in churches,...

Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.

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Pious XII was too neutral to m...

Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity.

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On the way to work good-hearte...

On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned.

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Old friends die on you, and th...

Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.

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My mother enjoyed old age, and...

My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.

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It's more fun to watch without...

It's more fun to watch without joining in.

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It was admitted by the early r...

It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat.

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It is not possible to unknow w...

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

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In speaking of Jesus, I must s...

In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.

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I was not comfortable worshipp...

I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew.

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I was not allowed a physical l...

I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get.

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I was certainly open for somet...

I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay.

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I thought of such Christian in...

I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how.

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I still go to a Christian prio...

I still go to a Christian priory for retreats.

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I recovered my infant Judaism,...

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

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I literally fell among Quakers...

I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford.

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I learnt pity, sympathy, and w...

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....