God

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“The greatest question of our time,” says Will Durant, the philosopher, “is not communism versus individualism, not Europe versus America, not even the East versus the West: it is whether man can bear to live without God.”

The point

Philosopher Will Durant poses that the deepest question of our time is not political but whether man can bear to live without God.

Scripture

Ecclesiastes 3:11

Audience

Adults

Tone

Philosophical · Profound · Challenging

To tell aloud

under a minute · 37 words

Subjects

Belief God Meaning

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