What a wonderful world it could be, when spiritual factions would choose to read sacred writings as colorful metaphors and not as bloody declarations of war. (“Is heaven a place in the sky?”)

Erik Pevernagie
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What a wonderful world it could be, when spiritual factions would choose to read sacred writings as colorful metaphors and not as bloody declarations of war. This is a great quote that speaks about the passion people have for things that are not realistic. It is interesting to see that people are so passionate about something that is not real. We are constantly hearing stories in the media about wars, murders, and other things that are nothing more than metaphors.

If we read more into these stories we would think that these things really existed and we would really believe that there was some kind of war going on somewhere. If you think about it, this world could be a wonderful place if we stopped getting so caught up in the craziness of life and started focusing on what is truly important.

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