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Those who think religion has nothing to do with politics understand neither religion or politics... The things that will destroy us are:… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
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Mankind is notoriously too dense to read the signs that God sends from time to time. We require drums to be beaten… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Most evangelical Christian conservatives I know would at least be uneasy about the prospect of the government picking up the slack of… — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
Religious teachings and teachers have conditioned us to think of faith as a magic catalyst that makes God work for us. In… — Eric Butterworth Copy Share Image
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You could remove the powerful preaching from our church and it would still continue. You could remove the administration of pastoral care… — David Yonggi Cho Copy Share Image
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there are camels which have the quality which in humans is called the revolutionary spirit, and the caravan leader fears to keep… — Mildred Cable Copy Share Image
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Sartre is one example of someone who does just this. Every text is, after all, a human document and whatever Kierkegaard thought… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
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