«...if we take just the right amount of alcohol(or pot,or coke,or some combination thereof)we may for a few minutes or hours, regain that lost state of oneness with nature....But the feeling never lasts long and the price isn't worth it. It is a form of what D.Bonhoeffer referred to as "cheap grace".» / Lingvo Live

Майя Ронзинаasked for translation 5 years ago

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...if we take just the right amount of alcohol(or pot,or coke,or some combination thereof)we may for a few minutes or hours, regain that lost state of oneness with nature....But the feeling never lasts long and the price isn't worth it. It is a form of what D.Bonhoeffer referred to as "cheap grace".

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... если мы примем нужное/достаточное количество алкоголя (или марихуаны, или кокаина, или их смеси) мы можем на несколько минути или часов вернуть/восстановить то утерянное состояние единства с природой... Но это чувство никогда не длится долго и его цена того не стоит (слишком высока?) ...
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... Это форма того, что D.Bonhoeffer называл "дешевая благодать*"
Что такое "grace", разбирайтесь сами - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/423945-cheap-grace-means-grace-sold-on-the-market-like-cheapjacks
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Майя Ронзинаadded a comment 5 years ago

From M. Scott Peck "A World Waiting To Be Born. Civility Rediscovered"

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