Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it behooves the witnesses of Christ to say that we do not have to abolish capitalism and establish socialism or communism, that sin can flourish under those systems as well. Christianity is not opposed to any social order, but to sin.
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No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
Anger cannot be dishonest.
Anger cannot be dishonest.
Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.
Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.
The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the read more
The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.
Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: read more
Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.
There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.
Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.
Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.
