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Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." read more
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
Various kinds of ideas can be classified by their relationship to the authentication process. There are ideas systematically prepared for read more
Various kinds of ideas can be classified by their relationship to the authentication process. There are ideas systematically prepared for authentication ("theories"), ideas not derived from any systematic process ("visions"), ideas which could not survive any reasonable authentication process ("illusions"), ideas which exempt themselves from any authentication process ("myths"), ideas which have already passed authentication processes ("facts"), as well as ideas known to have failed- or certain to fail- such processes ("falsehoods" - both mistakes and lies).
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
The idol is the measure of the worshipper.
The idol is the measure of the worshipper.
A man often preaches his beliefs precisely when he has lost them and is looking everywhere for them, and, on read more
A man often preaches his beliefs precisely when he has lost them and is looking everywhere for them, and, on such occasions, his preaching is by no means at its worst.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
God has been so lavish in his gifts that you can lose some priceless ones, the equivalent of whole kingdoms, read more
God has been so lavish in his gifts that you can lose some priceless ones, the equivalent of whole kingdoms, and still be indecently rich,.