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"This is an amazing book, and it takes time if we are going to receive all the spiritual study we need to liken the teachings of Jesus to our own lives." — Apr 30, 2019 09:05PM
"This is an amazing book, and it takes time if we are going to receive all the spiritual study we need to liken the teachings of Jesus to our own lives." — Apr 30, 2019 09:05PM
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This is an inspiring book of the commitment of people to correct principles, to love, to understanding, to acceptance.I cannot believe all I am learning from this book. Of great interest were the two great obsessions of William Wilberforce:
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“I have observed, indeed, generally, that while in protestant countries the defections from the Platonic Christianity of the priests is to Deism, in catholic countries they are to Atheism. Diderot, D'Alembert, D’Holbach, Condorcet, are known to have been among the most virtuous of men. Their virtue, then, must have had some other foundation than the love of God.
[Letter to Thomas Law, 13 June 1814]”
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
[Letter to Thomas Law, 13 June 1814]”
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
“I don't know about this here eternal marriage business. But it seems to me that if you can't live with the sons-of-bitches on earth the Lord won't force you to remain with them in heaven.”
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“For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song.”
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“What can God do for a liar who refuses to repent? Can the Lord save him? He can’t claim salvation. Baptizing him in water will not settle the trouble, unless you keep him under.”
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“If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.”
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