I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.
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"The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.
A lot of people say to me, "Why did you kill Christ?" "I dunno... it was one of those parties, read more
A lot of people say to me, "Why did you kill Christ?" "I dunno... it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know." "We killed him because he didn't want to become a doctor, that's why we killed him.".
Beware of the man of one book.
Beware of the man of one book.
There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.
There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.
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It is not the fact that a person has riches that keeps them from heaven, but the fact that riches have them.
The church is actually patronized by the social order as a means of stabilizing and perpetuating the existing system.
The church is actually patronized by the social order as a means of stabilizing and perpetuating the existing system.
The Christian churches were offered two things: the spirit of Jesus and the idiotic morality of Paul, and they rejected read more
The Christian churches were offered two things: the spirit of Jesus and the idiotic morality of Paul, and they rejected the higher inspiration... Following Paul, we have turned the goodness of love into a fiend and degraded the crowning impulse of our being into a capital sin.
Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.
Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.
The church is the great lost and found department.
The church is the great lost and found department.
