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    Lionel Blue

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


    — Lionel Blue

    #know #possible #result #you

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


    — Lionel Blue

    #could #early #eggs #full #good

    It's more fun to watch without joining in. ↗


    — Lionel Blue

    #joining #more #watch #without

    My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. ↗


    — Lionel Blue

    #charleston #dance #day #ended #fast

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


    — Lionel Blue

    #christianity #crude #decent #decent people #devils

    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. ↗


    — Lionel Blue

    #began #churches #discover #heaven #here

    So many plusses, so many minuses. ↗


    — Lionel Blue

    #minuses #plusses

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


    — Lionel Blue

    #kingdom #made #me #new #new testament

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


    — Lionel Blue

    #gave #had #i #made #me

    The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me. ↗


    — Lionel Blue

    #attracted #both #christian #love #love affair






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    He has also been diagnosed as having Parkinson's Disease. Blue regained his faith while at the University of Oxford when he found some resolution to severe personal conflicts regarding his sexuality at a Quaker meeting. Broadcasting career
    For more than 25 years Blue has been a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day.

    In July 1998 Blue was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Open University. He is also widely respected in the UK as a journalist cook and author. Lionel Blue (born 6 February 1930) is a British Reform rabbi journalist and broadcaster.

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