Quotes by 'Lionel Blue'

Lionel Blue

Lionel Blueis a British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster. He was the first British rabbi publicly to declare his homosexuality...

judaism infant versions

I recovered my infant Judaism, but in a reformist version.

old-friends irreplaceable dies

Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.

discrimination insult luther

Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther.

lovers devotee

For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.

saws idolatry stalinism

Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again.

jew

Jews are just like everyone else, only more so.

jew comfortable

I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew.

oxford quaker

I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford.

though

I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much.

Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me.