Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent. Lionel Blue dependentdiefriend Change image and share on social
During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school. Lionel Blue christianityencounterevacuate Change image and share on social
I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay. Lionel Blue breakdownedgegay Change image and share on social
Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me. Lionel Blue givemakepart Change image and share on social
The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me. Lionel Blue affairattractchristian Change image and share on social
This Christian poison hasn't stopped yet. Lionel Blue christianpoisonstop Change image and share on social
I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how. Lionel Blue badgechristianghetto Change image and share on social
Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from an epileptic. Lionel Blue birthcastdemon Change image and share on social
I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity. Lionel Blue changechristianityencounter Change image and share on social
An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so! Lionel Blue agebeingbite Change image and share on social