radorth Wrote:He takes a thief who has probably done nothing good to paradise, merely for recognizing him as Lord.
Well, this pretty much sums it up. Jesus walks around preaching to others about how they should behave, but when it comes down to it, what really matters is that you believe he is god. Not what I would call admirable.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell