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 No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to 
keep the Commandments.  
 No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to 
keep the Commandments. 
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to say.
I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to say.
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
 There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify 
goodness, as the Christian religion doth.  
 There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify 
goodness, as the Christian religion doth. 
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep read more
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.
Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like read more
Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like Paul and Peter and James and John.
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform read more
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example
 As if Religion were intended
 For nothing else but to be mended.  
 As if Religion were intended
 For nothing else but to be mended.