Sentences with phrase «privation today»

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To have no god but the God of Christ, after all, means today that we must endure the lenten privations of what is most certainly a dark age, and strive to resist the bland solace, inane charms, brute viciousness, and dazed passivity of post-Christian culture — all of which are so tempting precisely because they enjoin us to believe in and adore ourselves.
Most people believe today that a low - carbon economy would be one of universal privation.
I have made the point many times it is not viable, because few in the world today are willing to undergo the privations and hardships required to achieve the targets of the plan.
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