And Jesus in all of his teaching was very clear about the heart of the law, not the letter. And I think we have to remember that we are human first.
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When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a private club because of my experience as a child, because it would isolate me from the whole of humanity.
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