Real theology is always rather shocking to people who already think they know what they think.
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Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Nothing is more pleasant, nothing more suitable to flatter our egos as a freedom without restrictions. “Freedom” is the word with which our enlightened century wants to replace religion. One condemns the whole past as a time of ignorance and prejudice, while knowing nothing of that past and very little of the present.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely re-arranging their prejudices.