I revere the word of God for I love its poetic force. I loathe the word of God for I hate its cruelty. The love is a difficult love for it must incessantly separate the luminosity of the words and the violent verbal subjugation by a complacent God. The hatred is a difficult hatred for how can you allow yourself to hate words that are part of the melody of life in this part of the world? Words that taught us early on what reverence is?. Pascal Mercier
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The word of God is always beautiful to me, but I can never allow myself to let it control my life. The word of God is always cruel to me, but I can never allow myself to let it control my life. The love of God is a difficult love because I have to constantly separate the meaning of the word from the cruel violence of its intent. The hatred of God is also a difficult hatred because you must allow yourself to hate the word for what it does in this part of the world. You must not simply hate it for what it does about other people in other parts, but also for what you think it should be doing in your life and in your community.

Source: Night Train To Lisbon

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