#texts

I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

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I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way. ↗

— Damian Lewis

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Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but as theological and literary enterprises requiring independent intellectual assessment. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children were to turn away from the church when they grow up. I am also a critic of Christianity, if by critic one means an observer who brings historical and literary judgment to bear on the texts and traditions of the church. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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