"The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to
understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers.
We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very
well that the minute we understand we are obliged to act
accordingly. Take any words in the New Testament and forget
everything except pledging yourself to act accordingly. My God,
you will say, if I do that my whole life will be ruined. Herein
lies the real place of Christian scholarship. Christian
scholarship is the Church's prodigious invention to defend
itself against the Bible, to ensure that we can continue to be
good Christians without the Bible coming too close. Dreadful it
is to fall into the hands of the living God. Yes, it is even
dreadful to be alone with the New Testament."
- Soren Kierkegaard
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