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My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally.
John Dominic Crossan
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John Dominic Crossan
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: February 17
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