The Past Can Be Used To Renew

Virtue Is Something You Have To Get Good At, Like Playing The Trombone Or Tolerating Bores At Parties. Being A Virtuous Human Being Takes Practice; And Those Who Are Brilliant At Being Human (what Christians Call The Saints) Are The Virtuosi Of The Moral Sphere - The Pavarottis And Maradonas Of Virtue.

Language, Identity And Forms Of Life Are The Terms In Which Political Demands Are Shaped And Voiced.

Yahweh Is Presented In The Jewish Bible As Stateless And Nationless. He Can’t Be Used As A Totem Or Fetish In That Way.

It Is True That Some Liberals And Humanists, Along With The Laid-back Danes, Deny The Existence Of Evil. This Is Largely Because They Regard The Word 'evil' As A Device For Demonising Those Who Are Really Nothing More Than Socially Unfortunate.

It Is Difficult To Think Of An Origin Without Wanting To Go Back Beyond It.