It is only right and proper to be moved by the Bible, but present-day reality has so strong a hold over us that even when we try to imagine the past the minor events in our lives immediately wrench us out of our musings, and our own adventures throw us back irrevocably upon our personal feelings–joy, boredom, suffering, anger, or a smile. Vincent Van Gogh
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When asked what he thought about the Bible, the great American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in his journal that it was “only right and proper to be moved by the Bible, but present-day reality has so strong a hold over us that even when we try to imagine the past the minor events in our lives immediately wrench us out of our musings, and our own adventures throw us back irrevocably upon our personal feelings—joy, boredom, suffering, anger, or a smile. And this is understandable. For us, life is an adventure. But for someone who lived long ago, the only adventure he had could be found in distant memories.

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