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Entry: A Tale of Two Normans: Podhoretz and Finklestein Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_tale_of_two_normans_podhoretz_and_finklestein#8077 Post contents: The problem about race is that when we fix our attention on it, we tend to look on man as just another animal. Animals are divided into races, and the stock they spring from is all important. They have strong ties of kith and kin. If man is to be more than an animal, more than a more evolved chimp, then we have to think on the one thing men have in common, our uniqueness, which we all share, and no animal does. Whatever our race may be, the one thing needful is to know that it was for our unworthy selves that Christ died. That no matter the differences between us, they are small compared to the gulf between us and animals. And the gulf between us and the angels. So, let's honor our kith and kin, but let's keep them into perspective, so we do not forget our spark of the divine, and seek to become like dumb beasts. Sent at: 2008 05 15