In The Devil’s Dictionary (online), great American cynic and writer Ambrose Bierce offers definitions that disrupts common understandings and received wisdoms. Every few years or so, I find it salutary to do a letter a month.
In “R” we find: “RELIGION, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the [...]
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Over at WaPo’s Faith section, Martha Woodroof has posted a dreary piece that discourages people from asking religious questions or seeking answers. Here are some of the more defeatist excerpts:
As people of faith, should we concern ourselves with God’s nature, relatives, ways and history? I, for one, think we should not. It seems to [...]
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