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Like apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, I am. We are ontological oxymorons.

Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Philosopher
Professor
Theologian
Writer
Paterson
New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
Apes
Sleep
Dies
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Ontological
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Even David Hume, one of history most famous skeptics, said it's just barely possible that God exists.
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