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Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.
If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.
As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as read more
As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.
The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.
The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you read more
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?".
The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.
The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
