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“[...] a imortalidade faz essa outra diferença que, a propósito, tem uma relação com a diferença entre o totalitarismo e a democracia. Se os indivíduos vivem apenas setenta anos, então um Estado, ou uma nação, ou uma civilização que pode durar mil anos são mais importantes do que um indivíduo. Todavia, se o cristianismo for verdadeiro, então o indivíduo não apenas é mais importante, mas também incomparavelmente mais relevante, porque ele é perene, e a vida de um Estado ou de uma civilização, quando comparada com a dele, não passa de um sopro.”

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Cristianismo Puro e Simples

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