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One cannot fail to observe a crushing irony: the gospel of relativistic tolerance is perhaps the most “evangelistic” movement in Western culture at the moment, demanding assent and brooking no rivals.

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D. A. Carson
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 21
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