I see in the rising crescendo of ethnic tensions, civilization clashes and the use of religious justification for acts of terror, a clear and present danger to humanity.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the urgent threat posed by rising ethnic tensions and religiously justified violence to the well-being of humanity.
Jonathan Sacks emphasizes the dangers that arise from escalating ethnic conflicts and the misuse of religion to justify acts of terrorism. He views these issues as significant threats not only to societal harmony but to the very existence of civilization itself. By framing these tensions as a 'clear and present danger', Sacks calls for urgent attention and action to address these critical issues that could undermine humanity's future.
In practice
During a speech on peace, one might say, 'As Jonathan Sacks points out, we face rising ethnic tensions that threaten our civilization.'
Stabilizing the euro is one thing, healing the culture that surrounds it is another. A world in which material values are everything and spiritual values nothing is neither a stable state nor a good society. The time has come for us to recover the Judeo-Christian ethic of human dignity in the image of God.
Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.
Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not, 'What happened?' but rather, 'How then shall I live?' And it's only with the exodus that the life of the commands really begins.
Why did God create mankind? Because God likes stories.
Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.
Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.
You can't judge an internal injury by the size of the hole.
Where are the dogs going? you people who pay so little attention ask. They are going about their business. And they are very punctilious, without wallets, notes, and without briefcases.
Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion.
God save the Queen and a fascist regime β¦ a flabby toothless fascism, to be sure. Never go too far in any direction, is the basic law on which Limey-Land is built. The Queen stabilizes the whole sinking shithouse and keeps a small elite of wealth and privilege on top. The English have gone soft in the outhouse. England is like some stricken beast too stupid to know it is dead. Ingloriously foundering in its own waste products, the backlash and bad karma of empire
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?
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