What we need in Europe is to push back against the idea that religion is so farfetched that it's not worth talking about. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes back europe farfetched
I think I have made allowances for the kind of despair which would test my faith, but you cannot know in advance what disaster to those you love would be too much to bear faithfully, and like everyone's, my faith is weakly conditional in some ways. I hope, I pray not to lose it. My fingers are crossed. Also my heart. Francis Spufford advanceallowancebear share on social
If you're a believer, God is not a thought-experiment requiring a special sub-creation to be tried out in. He's an actual, er, actuality already, embedded in a necessary and true story about guilt, hope, and liberty. I don't want C. S. Lewis doing his resourceful best to render Him as a fabulous special effect. Francis Spufford actualactualitybeliever share on social
Christianity is a religion of continuity and discontinuity as well. It's about what stays the same and what changes in the twinkling of an eye. Both are necessary truths, but sometimes it's important to accentuate the discontinuity, the sudden leap, the way you go up a tree, Zacchaeus, and come down a saint. Francis Spufford accentuatechristianitycontinuity share on social
I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe. Roald Hoffmann darkdayeurope Change image and share on social
When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction - but, you know, the healthy kind. Lauryn Hill addictionargueback share on social
While the circumnavigation of the solar system seems farfetched, it may not be once the problem of effective anti-gravitational control is solved. Donald A. Wollheim anticircumnavigationcontrol Change image and share on social