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"Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion."
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"Look to the Lord and the power of His grace."
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"I have read the bible, seen its errors and perfections, but the bits of lie contained therein has contaminated the truth."
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"Freedom of religion is not enough; we need the extinction of it, because no one has turned to be a religious by their own choice."
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"A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows."
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"All ministries, therefore, must be subjected to this test-if they do not glorify Christ, they are not of the Holy Spirit."
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"Soul winning for Christ Jesus is a great business everyone must endeavor to start and keep it diligently."
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"Lord I thank you for the gift of breath, eyes to see, ears to hear, tongue to taste, nose to smell, mouth to speak, face to smile, voice to sing, body to dance, legs to walk, mind to think and hands to write."
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"Christians are the hope of any country."
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"Some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns..."
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"The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it."
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"Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion."
Religion
"Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off."
Life
"Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications."
Society
"It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure."
Will
"Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours."
American
"Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination."
Equality
"Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command."
Equality
"It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on."
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"Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive."
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"I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too."
Living
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