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These Normans as they came to be called were characterized by Geoffrey Malaterra as “…specially marked by cunning, despising their own inheritance in the hope of winning greater.” I found his words would prophetically describe the soon to
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“Unless we suppress our conscience, we naturally know basic moral truths. General virtues and vices, Thomas Reid wrote, "must appear self-evident to every man who has a conscience, and has taken the pains to exercise this natural power of his mind" ("Of Morals").”
― If God Made the Universe: 130 Arguments for Christian Faith: 130 Arguments for Christian Faith
― If God Made the Universe: 130 Arguments for Christian Faith: 130 Arguments for Christian Faith
“It’s relatively easy to act nice and normal in front of a crowd, or in public. The tricky part is doing it in private.”
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“Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood?”
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“- What faith do you practice? What religion do you follow?”
- The old woman chortled softly, her bosom jiggling beneath the shift. “I don’t follow religion. I follow faith, wherever its winding path may lead. Following religion leads to a loss of faith. Follow faith and you may, in time, find religion in the face of God. That’s something religions have lost over time.”
― The Rages
- The old woman chortled softly, her bosom jiggling beneath the shift. “I don’t follow religion. I follow faith, wherever its winding path may lead. Following religion leads to a loss of faith. Follow faith and you may, in time, find religion in the face of God. That’s something religions have lost over time.”
― The Rages
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