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Angels
Angels are messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles. The term "angel" has also been expanded to various notions of spiritual beings found in many other religious traditions. Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God's tasks.
Angels are often depicted with wings and halos. They are kind and loving beings who often comfort and heal human beings. ...more
Angels are often depicted with wings and halos. They are kind and loving beings who often comfort and heal human beings. ...more
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HOW ANGELS SLEEP. Unsoundly. They toss and turn, trying to understand the mystery of the living. They know so little about what it's like to fill a new prescription for glasses and suddenly see the world again, with a mixture of disappointment and gratitude ... Also, they don't dream. For this reason, they have one less thing to talk about. In a backward way, when they wake up they feel as if there is something they are forgetting to tell each other. There is disagreement among the angels as to
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― The History of Love
― The History of Love
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When once we quit the basis of sensation, all is in the wind. To talk of immaterial existences is to talk of nothings. To say that the human soul, angels, god, are immaterial, is to say they are nothings, or that there is no god, no angels, no soul. I cannot reason otherwise: but I believe I am supported in my creed of materialism by Locke, Tracy, and Stewart.
{Letter to John Adams, from Monticello, 15 August 1820}
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― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
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