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Is the pious being loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is being loved by the gods?
“Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.”
― Right Ho, Jeeves
― Right Ho, Jeeves
“Heresy is usually quite sophisticated, actually has a meaning, and is to be taken very seriously. It is therefore to be carefully distinguished from turgid, pretentious, badly-written Bullsgeshichte, to use the technical German theological term.”
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“Any alteration of Jesus, no matter how small, turns him into someone who cannot rescue humanity, who cannot re-create the cosmos, and who cannot reign over it as the great sovereign King.”
― Superheroes Can’t Save You: Epic Examples of Historic Heresies
― Superheroes Can’t Save You: Epic Examples of Historic Heresies
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
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“He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.”
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