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The reason the very concept of God has become at once so impoverished, so thoroughly mythical, and ultimately so incredible for so many modern persons is not because of all the interesting things we have learned over the past few centuries, but because of all the vital things we have forgotten.

David Bentley Hart

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David Bentley Hart
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Non-Fiction Writer
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