Author: John Shelby Spong
Theme: Nature, Intelligence
Words: person, longer, becomes, universe, looks
I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he’s no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile.
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