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Peter Straub

"Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question."

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"Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question."

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"God indeed has given the earth under to the control of man."

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"The book-learned preacher who carries the badge of authority, is by no means religious."

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"If the devil is sending you thoughts of fear, resist him, stop the thoughts."

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"If you notice that devil hinder your work or demons disturb your family etc., then address them and cast them out of your circumstances."

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"A king and his domain results in a kingdom."

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"The leaders have the responsibility to protect and hold in high esteem the law and virtues of the land."

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"That in the captain's but a choleric word,Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy."

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"...Man has a tyrant, ignorance. I voted for the demise of that particular tyrant. That particular tyrant has engendered royalty, which is authority based on falsehood, whereas science is authority based on truth. Man should be governed by science alone.""And conscience," added the bishop."It's the same thing. Conscience is the quota of innate science we each have inside us."

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Amber Hurdle

"God gave us His spirit, for us to have the power and authority to uproot lawlessness and establish God's righteousness."

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"You govern people, you do good and bad things.If you don't have guts to do bad, then step aside."

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