"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."--Soren Kierkegaard
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Signs of the Times
Just noticed this on a (non-denominational) church sign as I was passing:
Give up your small ambitions. Come and save the world.
Is it just me, or is this a peculiarly American form of hubris?
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