Turning A Blind Eye Quotes
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“Isn't it strange how people are selective about the truth the want to see or hear?”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“In our co-created world we must all pick a side each day between good and evil. Looking the other way will not exempt us from our spiritual accountability.”
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“To say they are ignoring what is happening at the college would not quite be true, or not quite fair. A few sick strangers--those poor kids, but none from the classes they teach--is only one of a hundred bad stories that must be overlooked every day. To close one’s eyes can be an act of survival.”
― The Dreamers
― The Dreamers
“For more than a generation, writers on religion have acted on the conviction that the way toward inter religious understanding was to emphasize not only the similarities of the world's religions but also their essential goodness. This impulse is understandable. No fair-minded scholar wants to perpetuate stereotypes, often rooted in missionary polemics, about Islam as sexist, Hinduism as idol obsessed, or African religions as satanic. But it is time to grow out of this reflex to defend. After 9/11 and the Holocaust, we need to see the world's religions as they really are—in all their gore and glory. This includes seeing where they agree and disagree, and not turning a blind eye to their failings.”
― God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter
― God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter
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