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The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.
The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.
O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.
O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.
God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.
God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.
Pray to God, but hammer away.
Pray to God, but hammer away.
The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.
The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.
Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.
Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he read more
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
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.
