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Lionel Blue quotes: I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how.

I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how.

Lionel Blue quotes: Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off.

Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off.

Lionel Blue quotes: In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.

In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.

Lionel Blue quotes: Jews are just like everyone else, only more so.

Jews are just like everyone else, only more so.

Lionel Blue quotes: The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.

The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.

Lionel Blue quotes: Christianity had two faces which bewildered me - two pictures which didn't fit.

Christianity had two faces which bewildered me - two pictures which didn't fit.

Lionel Blue quotes: Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.

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

Lionel Blue quotes: Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther.

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

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

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

Lionel Blue quotes: During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school.

During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school.

Lionel Blue quotes: I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay.

I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay.

Lionel Blue quotes: To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies.

To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies.

Lionel Blue quotes: Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.

Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.

Lionel Blue quotes: Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity.

Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity.

Lionel Blue quotes: I recovered my infant Judaism, but in a reformist version.

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

Lionel Blue quotes: When you do a good turn you feel rich, even if you are broke.

When you do a good turn you feel rich, even if you are broke.

Lionel Blue quotes: To change, to convert? Why bother?

To change, to convert? Why bother?

Lionel Blue quotes: I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get.

I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get.

Lionel Blue quotes: I once asked God what I could give him. "Your problems," he said. "I've got everything else.

I once asked God what I could give him. "Your problems," he said. "I've got everything else.

Lionel Blue quotes: So many plusses, so many minuses.

So many plusses, so many minuses.

Lionel Blue quotes: It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat.

It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat.

Lionel Blue quotes: I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity.

I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity.

Lionel Blue quotes: For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be.

For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be.

Lionel Blue quotes: I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew.

I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew.

Lionel Blue quotes: For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

Lionel Blue quotes: I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses.

I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses.

Lionel Blue quotes: An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so!

An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so!

Lionel Blue quotes: The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.

The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.

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

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

Lionel Blue quotes: I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford.

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

Lionel Blue quotes: This Christian poison hasn't stopped yet.

This Christian poison hasn't stopped yet.

Lionel Blue quotes: My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.

My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.

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

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

Lionel Blue quotes: Good things come, and I'm not just referring to riding the buses.

Good things come, and I'm not just referring to riding the buses.

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

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

Lionel Blue quotes: I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.

Lionel Blue quotes: I still go to a Christian priory for retreats.

I still go to a Christian priory for retreats.

Lionel Blue quotes: I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things.

I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things.

Lionel Blue quotes: It's more fun to watch without joining in.

It's more fun to watch without joining in.

Lionel Blue quotes: It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism.

It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism.