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In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and read more
In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and exchange ideas that religious beliefs begin to be eroded. No one changes his beliefs without some instigation, some novel experience, some modification of the customary course of things, and in a closed society people believe what all their fellows obviously believe. Only when they are brought into contact with persons whom they respect holding different views do they begin to look at their inherited beliefs critically.
It was a hug that said you're not alone. It was a hug that, just when I thought all my read more
It was a hug that said you're not alone. It was a hug that, just when I thought all my strength was used up, and I couldn't go on, renewed me.
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted read more
The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he read more
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.
The church is the great lost and found department.
The church is the great lost and found department.
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
