The Question Of Identity Has Separated From

Lev (léon) Shestov, A Russian Jew Who Later Became A French Jew And Even Converted To Catholicism, Defined God Not By His Power To Create The Laws Of Universe, But His Ability To Break Them At Will - The Capacity For Miracles. God Could Cancel The Past! For Instance, God Could Decide Retrospectively, That Socrates Was Never Poisoned... Assimilation Demanded A Miracle: That You Stop Having Been Somebody Else Before... But Only God Can Do It.

The Bible Provides Unity Without Imposing Uniformity, Without Prohibiting Change; It Is A Standing Invitation To Thinking And To Take Responsibilities.

What Is Happening Now Is That The Number Of People Who Are Not Strong Enough Or Do Not Feel Strong Enough To Decide To Live Without The Security Provided By The Community Or The State, Is Going Up.

Capitalism Proceeds Through Creative Destruction. What Is Created Is Capitalism In A 'new And Improved' Form - And What Is Destroyed Is Self-sustaining Capacity, Livelihood And Dignity Of Its Innumerable And Multiplied 'host Organisms' Into Which All Of Us Are Drawn/seduced One Way Or Another.

Alas, You Don't Need Monsters For Monstrous Deeds To Be Accomplished.