Barth on moralism

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Having mentioned Barth's birthday yesterday, I spotted this and thought it was well worth sharing. HT: Soli Deo Gloria

After a sermon in a parish church where Barth had been preaching one Sunday, he was met at the door by a man who greeted him with these words, 'Professor Barth, thank you for our sermon. I'm an astronomer, you know, and as far as I am concerned, the whole of Christianity can be summed up by saying, 'Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.' Barth replied: 'Well I am just a humble theologian and as far as I am concerned the whole of astronomy can be summed up by saying, 'Twinkle , twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are.''