Whether or not he actually said "God is in the details, " the deceptive simplicity (nothing is more difficult than simplicity) of his rigorously stripped-down style -- "almost nothing, " in his own words again -- suffered a dizzying decline from exquisite to pedestrian to irredeemably banal in the hands of those who exploited it as a cheap, uncomplicated and highly profitable way to put up big commercial buildings.

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Nothing Mr. Courtney is says is inaccurate or, God knows, dishonest.

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You heard a rumor that Tom has been smearing you behind your back, and, oh God, here comes Kelly, ready to whine about how everyone and everything is just terrible and there is nothing that anyone can do about it!

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"God is aware of our suffering, of the suffering of this very broken world, and our suffering was as nothing compared to many people and he is at work even in the darkest places, " he said.

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