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But why remove the word pray? That's what he was told. Maybe he has no problem playing football and drinking beer and partaking in the occasional whore (or other effective team-building exercise). But that wasn't what was raised as an issue. He was essentially told he would be a crappy leader because he doesn't pray (or, if you like, he isn't a Christian).
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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