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Stephen Leacock

"Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so."

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"Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so."

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"The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross."

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"Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since."

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"I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned."

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"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."

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"Spreading the news is your duty as a Christian, and there are many ways to do this."

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"Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world."

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"It's kind of fun to listen to Christians who say: I'm a New Testament Christian. What other kind of Christian is there?"

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"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad."

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"We don't hire ministers or priests to teach and care for us. This forces us to teach and care for each other - and in my view, this is the core of Christian living as Christ taught it."

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"America should function as a Christian nation."

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