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Atheists have as much conscience, possibly more, than people with deep religious conviction, and they still have the same problem of how they reconcile themselves to a bad deed in the past. It's a little easier if you've got a god to forgive you.


Ian Mcewan


#bad #conscience #conviction #deed #deep

My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me.


Ian Mcewan


#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively.


Ian Mcewan


#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.


Ian Mcewan


#element #exist #greatest #know #perhaps

The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord.


Jon Meacham


#authority #authorized #certain #certain kinds #could

Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic - terms. Yes, scripture speaks of fire and damnation and eternal bliss, but the Bible is the product of human hands and hearts, and much of the imagery is allegorical, not meteorological.


Jon Meacham


#among #bible #bliss #complex #damnation

Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of history and a critical sensibility.


Jon Meacham


#best #critical #element #engage #experience

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.


Margaret Mead


#children #depends #grow #grow up #how

Gentlemen prefer bonds.


Andrew Mellon


#gentlemen #prefer

It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin.


Harry Melling


#children #does #fat #happy #problem






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