The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the time is always determined by the views on which the opposing schools agree. They become the unspoken presuppositions of all thought, and common and unquestioningly accepted foundations on which all discussion proceeds.
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The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
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Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off.
Those of little faith are of little hatred.
Those of little faith are of little hatred.
For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast read more
For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
