"I entirely approve the measures proposed by you in relation to the Marines who are lately captives in Tripoli. Therefore execute them."

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Jesus becomes the captive of the hysterically religious, the chronically fearful, the insecure and even the neurotic among us, or he becomes little more than a fading memory, the symbol of an age that is no more and a nostalgic reminder of our believing past. To me, neither option is worth pursuing.

— John Shelby Spong