#christian

A weekend in Vegas without gambling and drinking is just like being a born-again Christian. ↗

— Artie Lange

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When contrasted with the much longer time that life has been present, the course of Christianity thus far is but a brief moment. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#brief #brief moment #christianity #contrasted #course

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares. ↗

— William Law

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The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#consciousness #damaged #fear #man #outlook

His mother and father were agnostics, and Jim respected devout Christians in the same way that he respected people who were members of the Graf Zeppelin Club or shopped at the Chinese department stores, for their mastery of an exotic foreign ritual. Besides, those who worked hardest for others, like Mrs. Philips and Mrs. Gilmour and Dr. Ransome, often held beliefs that turned out to be correct. ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#chinese-department-stores #christianity #the-graf-zeppelin-club #respect

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. ↗

— John Lennon

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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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I didn't ask to be a hero, but I guess I have become one in the Christian community. So I accept it. But if I'm wrong about this, I guess I'll become a bum. ↗

— Hal Lindsey

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I am a believer in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity. ↗

— Joseph Lister

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