I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much.

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Christianity had two faces which bewildered me - two pictures which didn't fit.

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I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses.

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I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things.

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

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

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

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For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.

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Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther.

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Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again.

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