You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.
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About Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene H. Peterson was a 20th-century American author and translator. Eugene Hoiland Peterson was an American Presbyterian minister, scholar, theologian, author, and poet. He wrote more than 30 books, including the Gold Medallion Book Award–winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, an idiomatic paraphrasing commentary and translation of the Bible into modern American English using a dynamic equivalence translation approach. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Religion — Exploring belief systems, worship, and spiritual practice