"It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills."

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"It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills."

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"It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills."

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"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him."

"Heaven means to be one with God."

"Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above."

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"God is not an Almighty Being watching over life on earth. God is the Event Horizon of Human Consciousness."

"Baptists are very strong believers that the civil magistrate is ordained by God to punish those who do evil."

"Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods."

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"Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church."

"God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter."

"The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness."

"It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills."