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John Wesley said that if you give up the witchcraft, you must give up the Bible. He is right. The read more
John Wesley said that if you give up the witchcraft, you must give up the Bible. He is right. The choice is easy for me.
The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to read more
The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge.
The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them.
God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them.
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the read more
No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.
The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and read more
In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and exchange ideas that religious beliefs begin to be eroded. No one changes his beliefs without some instigation, some novel experience, some modification of the customary course of things, and in a closed society people believe what all their fellows obviously believe. Only when they are brought into contact with persons whom they respect holding different views do they begin to look at their inherited beliefs critically.
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
