There is something almost cruel about the Christian's being placed in a world which in every way wants … - Soren Kierkegaard

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So far, we have been able to study only one evolving system and we cannot wait for interstellar flight to provide us with a second. If we want to discover generalizations about evolving systems, we will have to look at artificial ones.

Soren Kierkegaard

There is something almost cruel about the Christian's being placed in a world which in every way wants to pressure him to do the opposite of what God bids him to do.

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