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My Original Sin

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Each of us takes his place in the center of his own world. But I am not the center of the world, or the standard of reference as between good and bad; I am not, and God is. In other words, from the beginning I put myself in God’s place. This is my original sin.

~ William Temple (Archbishop of Canterbury), Christianity and Social Order (1942).

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Creighton+ said in March 17th, 2010 at 10:28 am

Exactly.

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Jessie R said in March 18th, 2010 at 11:29 am

Amen and (slaps head) can I just quit trying to play God now?!