

“The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly
has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.”
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has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.”
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“I want the presence of God Himself, or I don't want anything at all to do with religion... I want all that God has or I don't want any.”
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“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
― Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
― Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

“Faith is the gaze of a soul upon a saving God.”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
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