Why is Nobody Posting Anything

Did I set up the blog wrong? Or is this book really so lame?

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Lee’s hand shook as he filled the delicate cups. He drank his down in one gulp. “Don’t you see? he cried. “The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin, and you can call sin ignorance. The King James translation makes a promise in ‘Thou shalt,’ meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. But the Hebrew word, the word timshel-‘Thou mayest’-that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’-it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.’ Do you see? …

…But ‘Thou mayest’! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his murder of his brother he still has the great choice. He can choose his course and fight through and win.” Lee’s voice was a chant of triumph

...Adam said, "Do you believe that Lee?"

"Yes, I do. Yes, I do. It is easy out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself in the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it, the way was set.' But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice. A bee must make honey. There's no godliness there."

..."I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed -- because 'thou mayest.'"

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