Quotemeal: Sep. 24th, 2001

Monday, September 24, 2001

"We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."
— Mark Finley

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"Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half-sorrow."
— Swedish Proverb —
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— Edgar Watson Howe —
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— Blaise Pascal —

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Illustration of Mark Finley — "We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."

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