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We must remember that in nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#nature

Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God. ↗

— John Piper

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With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. ↗

— Steven Weinberg

#religion #truth #religion

The most important question I ever asked a priest was where are the Bingo Dobbers at? ↗

— Stabley Victor Paskavich

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Maybe we should Create a 'Happy God Day' and make it the one day of the year you can't kill each other. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

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Le religioni, tutte le religioni, per quanto le si rigiri, non hanno altra giustificazione di esistere all'infuori della morte. ↗

— José Saramago

#religione #religion

It doesn't matter how many drugs I take, I'm not fulfilled. This isn't satisfying. There's a spiritual hunger going on. Everybody feels it. If you don't feel it now, you will. Trust me. You will... Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's the real rebellion. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#christianity #music #religion #music

To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian. ↗

— David Hume

#christianity #religion #skepticism #nature

God's will has to be done, in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#environmental-degradation #god #industry #palinisms #prayer

An assassin can be found for every president. And for every prophet there are a thousand interpreters to distort the essence of the religion, to replace the bright flame with the heat of the inquisitors' pyres. The time came when every book was cast into the fire, when every symphony was reduced to a popular tune and played in all the drinking dens. A sound philosophical basis could be set in place under any vile nonsense. ↗

— Sergei Lukyanenko

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