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Single Idea 8102

[catalogued under 29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity]

Full Idea

We cannot speak against Christianity without anger, or speak for it without love.

Gist of Idea

We cannot speak against Christianity without anger, or speak for it without love

Source

Joseph Joubert (Notebooks [1800], 1801)

Book Reference

Joubert,Joseph: 'Notebooks', ed/tr. Auster,Paul [nyrb 2005], p.72


A Reaction

This seems to be rather true at the present time, when a wave of anti-religious books is sweeping through our culture. Presumably this remark used to be true of ancient paganism, but it died away. Christianity, though, is very personal.