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I don't want my kids growing up with the image of God that I had -- Plato's white grandfatherly god -- because that god is not a very good father. When it comes down to it, you can't trust him with your kids.
William P. Young
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William P. Young
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 11
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William Paul Young
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The soul is healed by being with children. --Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The world in many ways would be a much calmer and gentler place if women ruled. There would have been fewer children sacrificed to the gods of greed and power.
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The ability to choose is at the essential core of our grandeur. Even evil exists because God respects our ability to choose.
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Look at us human beings: it's so much easier to be right than to love.
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I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.
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I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.
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But, enough of that for now. Let’s get lost again in the starry night.
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