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> [Bible study is the most essential ingredient in the believer's spiritual life, because it is only in study of the Bible as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-montgomery-boice/bible-study-is-the-most-essential-ingredient-in-the-believer-s/)

[James Montgomery Boice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-montgomery-boice/)

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> [“The good news, as Jesus proclaims it, is not just an evacuation plan to rescue people from earth or the sufferings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronnie-mcbrayer/the-good-news-as-jesus-proclaims-it-is-not-just-an-evacuation-plan-to/)

[Ronnie McBrayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronnie-mcbrayer/)

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> [For years, liberals have demonstrated a near religious devotion to the cause of 'cleaning up elections' with campaign finance reform, the wondrous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-gregory/for-years-liberals-have-demonstrated-a-near-religious-devotion-to-the/)

[Anthony Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-gregory/)

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> [I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/i-questioned-the-faithful-of-all-communions-i-particularly-sought-the/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [The work of cultivating experiences called "peak experiences" or "mystic moments" or "breakthroughs" until they become more accessible is part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/the-work-of-cultivating-experiences-called-peak-experiences-or-mystic/)

[Jacob Needleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-needleman/)

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> [God has done so much in my life, and my desire is to help others who are hurting to receive His love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/god-has-done-so-much-in-my-life-and-my-desire-is-to-help-others-who/)

[Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/)

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> [“I think this is a very important thing to understand about Christianity. It was from its very beginnings, it seems, a religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/i-think-this-is-a-very-important-thing-to-understand-about/)

[Anne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-rice/)

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> [I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/i-wish-it-christianity-were-more-productive-of-good-works-i-mean-real/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [Religion contributes little more to society than to inconvenience the general public with a succession of pointless annual celebrations, and to subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-fowler/religion-contributes-little-more-to-society-than-to-inconvenience-the/)

[Steve Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-fowler/)

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> [Young men are as apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are to think themselves sober enough. They look upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/young-men-are-as-apt-to-think-themselves-wise-enough-as-drunken-men/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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> [“In reality, we are all equally disadvantaged. None of us naturally seeks after God, none is inherently righteous, none instinctively does good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-kent-hughes/in-reality-we-are-all-equally-disadvantaged-none-of-us-naturally/)

[R. Kent Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-kent-hughes/)

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> [“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-magaiza/that-he-would-grant-you-according-to-the-riches-of-his-glory-to-be/)

[Charles Magaiza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-magaiza/)

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> [When every court was saying 'no,' I believe God was still saying yes. I had to somehow find that faith and reach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/when-every-court-was-saying-no-i-believe-god-was-still-saying-yes-i/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

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> [Christianity is NOT a religion; it is the proclamation of the end of religion. Religion is a human activity dedicated to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/christianity-is-not-a-religion-it-is-the-proclamation-of-the-end-of/)

[Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/)

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> [Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/religion-a-mediaeval-form-of-unreason-when-combined-with-modern-3/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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> [“we spend a lot of our time navel gazing. We talk about church decline, and whether or not to sell our buildings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/we-spend-a-lot-of-our-time-navel-gazing-we-talk-about-church-decline/)

[Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/)

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> [“One should learn to know one’s own Self. And if one does not know that, then he should know dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/one-should-learn-to-know-one-s-own-self-and-if-one-does-not-know-that/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

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> [“Sapiens instinctively divide humanity into two parts, ‘we’ and ‘they’. We are people like you and me, who share our language, religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/sapiens-instinctively-divide-humanity-into-two-parts-we-and-they-we/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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> [“Or are we?” Langdon intoned overhead. “We consider ourselves modern rational individuals, and yet our species’ most widespread religion includes a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/or-are-we-langdon-intoned-overhead-we-consider-ourselves-modern/)

[Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/)

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> [The Bible identifies 15 crimes against the family worthy of the death penalty. ABORTION is treason against the family and deserves the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/the-bible-identifies-15-crimes-against-the-family-worthy-of-the-death/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

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> [“To the traveller imbued with a feeling for the historical and poetical, so inseparately interwined in the annals of romantic Spain, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/to-the-traveller-imbued-with-a-feeling-for-the-historical-and/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

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> [We no longer just take religious identity from our parents, so what's going on? Why are people going to this series, why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-feiler/we-no-longer-just-take-religious-identity-from-our-parents-so-what-s/)

[Bruce Feiler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-feiler/)

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> [“Today, most believers are segregated and isolated in their church or in their home. If believers accept Paul's directive to seek out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hon/today-most-believers-are-segregated-and-isolated-in-their-church-or/)

[Henry Hon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hon/)

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> [“Supposing there is no life everlasting. Think what it means if death is really the end of all things. They've given up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/supposing-there-is-no-life-everlasting-think-what-it-means-if-death/)

[W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/)

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> [“All the various types of teachings and spiritual paths are related to the different capacities of understanding that different individuals have. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ch-gyal-namkhai-norbu/all-the-various-types-of-teachings-and-spiritual-paths-are-related-to/)

[Chögyal Namkhai Norbu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ch-gyal-namkhai-norbu/)

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> [“But by the end of the first century there is evidence to suggest that his surviving correspondence began to be collected into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-w-comfort-2/but-by-the-end-of-the-first-century-there-is-evidence-to-suggest-that/)

[Philip W. Comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-w-comfort-2/)

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> [“Language was critically important to the religious transition. The rise of Islam meant not just the eclipse of Christianity but the near…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jenkins/language-was-critically-important-to-the-religious-transition-the/)

[Philip Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jenkins/)

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> [I'm a Spinozist. I believe in reason. I think all the progress that we've made making this a better world have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-goldstein/i-m-a-spinozist-i-believe-in-reason-i-think-all-the-progress-that-we/)

[Rebecca Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-goldstein/)

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> [“Though churches may lose political influence under Christian states or in predominantly Christian societies, though they might be secularized, they do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jenkins/though-churches-may-lose-political-influence-under-christian-states/)

[Philip Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jenkins/)

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> [I don't believe my interpretation's inerrant. I don't believe anybody else's interpretation is inerrant, but I do believe the scripture is inerrant.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/i-don-t-believe-my-interpretation-s-inerrant-i-don-t-believe-anybody/)

[Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/)

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> [“As a convinced atheist, I ought to agree with Voltaire that Judaism is not just one more religion, but in its way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/as-a-convinced-atheist-i-ought-to-agree-with-voltaire-that-judaism-is/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [The church works best not as a power center, rather as a countercultural community - in the world but not of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/the-church-works-best-not-as-a-power-center-rather-as-a/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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> [“A Lutheran church in Nebraska is typically a place where any mad passion for Christ is politely concealed. Men and women recite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-schaffert/a-lutheran-church-in-nebraska-is-typically-a-place-where-any-mad/)

[Timothy Schaffert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-schaffert/)

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> [“Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto godliness, let him seek to develop his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-w-tozer/let-any-man-turn-to-god-in-earnest-let-him-begin-to-exercise-himself-2/)

[A.W. Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-w-tozer/)

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> [“You heard him say it? 'Pain's the only evil I know about.' You heard that?" The monk nodded solemnly. "And that society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-m-miller-jr/you-heard-him-say-it-pain-s-the-only-evil-i-know-about-you-heard-that/)

[Walter M. Miller Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-m-miller-jr/)

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> [“Reckless predictions of the second coming of Christ create an artificial excitement among believers followed by a corresponding depression. In addition, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-batchelor/reckless-predictions-of-the-second-coming-of-christ-create-an/)

[Doug Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-batchelor/)

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> [“He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-bosworth-smith/he-was-caesar-and-pope-in-one-but-he-was-pope-without-pope-s-2/)

[R. Bosworth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-bosworth-smith/)

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> [I verily believe Christianity necessary to the support of civil society. One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/i-verily-believe-christianity-necessary-to-the-support-of-civil/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

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> [“ 'Are our gods better than Olaf's god?' Alfdis laughed. 'That's a silly question. Gods are gods. Our gods have been with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-erich/are-our-gods-better-than-olaf-s-god-alfdis-laughed-that-s-a-silly/)

[James Erich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-erich/)

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> [“Both religiousness and lawlessness share the same problems: overconfidence and unrighteousness. “Why do bad things happen to good people?” we might ask—the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-chaddick/both-religiousness-and-lawlessness-share-the-same-problems/)

[Tim Chaddick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-chaddick/)

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                        "text": "The work of cultivating experiences called \"peak experiences\" or \"mystic moments\" or \"breakthroughs\" until they become more accessible is part of the essential nature of genuine spiritual discipline. These are moments, at the very least, of approaching the experiential verification that there does exist something Higher within and perhaps also outside of ourselves. Moments at the very least of approaching what the religions call God.",
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                        "text": "“I think this is a very important thing to understand about Christianity. It was from its very beginnings, it seems, a religion of great quarrels and wars, and it wooed the power of temporal authorities, and made them part of itself in the hope of resolving through sheer force its many arguments.”",
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                        "text": "I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.",
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                        "text": "Religion contributes little more to society than to inconvenience the general public with a succession of pointless annual celebrations, and to subject entire nations to a perpetual string of depressing bank holiday shutdowns.",
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                        "text": "Young men are as apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are to think themselves sober enough. They look upon spirit to be a much better thing than experience; which they call coldness. They are but half mistaken; for though spirit without experience is dangerous, experience without spirit is languid and ineffective.",
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                        "text": "“In reality, we are all equally disadvantaged. None of us naturally seeks after God, none is inherently righteous, none instinctively does good (cf. Romans 3:9-18). Therefore, as children of grace, our spiritual discipline is everything — everything! I repeat . . . discipline is everything!”",
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                        "text": "“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, (Eph 3:16-17) I pray for you as a special child of a loving God. May every storm that has been raging in your life be abated today! May you experience calmness in every area of your life! May calmness come into your marriage, business, finances and health! May Jehovah grant you according to the riches of his glory, strength in the inner man by His Spirit! The riches of his glory are never run down; they are never depleted and never valueless. As this touches you, may intelligence be your portion, wisdom to confound the world. May knowledge become a part of your life as a member of the family of God here on earth! May you become conscious of the indwelling Christ! He lives in you; He is in every fibre of your being. He is in your bones, hair, muscles, gluttons, nerves and blood. I banish everything that is trying to invade these areas. May Christ sit as king in you, not pain, not cancer, not diabetes or any other evil disease known to man and not known to man! I command victories without number in your life. As Christ is crowned king in your life, the world will know whose you are. I pray that every place you were mocked be eradicated today. Every place were voices have been raised to mock you and to pull you down be exterminated today as you walk strengthened by His Spirit in the inner man. As the word says, He will give His angels charge over you. May angels come into battle on your behalf! I pray for the release of warring angels to fight for you, prosperity angels to gather wealth for you, angels of peace to enforce order in all the storms in your life. I pray that you be granted VIP access into secret treasures. May your prayers overcome huddles and may answers to your requests be quick and immediate. I put lines of demarcation against the devil in your life. No demon will come near your house. There is no weapon, no magic charm and no sorcery that is manufactured against you that will prosper. May your fear factor be replaced with a faith factor as you overcome every obstacle in Jesus’ name! Declaration I declare, you will not die but live to proclaim the might works of God. Your life will be a testimony for the world to witness the glory of the Lord.”",
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                        "text": "When every court was saying 'no,' I believe God was still saying yes. I had to somehow find that faith and reach deep down in my soul and believe in the teaching that my mother taught me as a young boy, that God can do everything but fail.",
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                        "text": "Christianity is NOT a religion; it is the proclamation of the end of religion. Religion is a human activity dedicated to the job of reconciling God to humanity and humanity to itself. The Gospel, however - the Good News of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is the astonishing announcement that God has done the whole work of reconciliation without a scrap of human assistance. It is the bizarre proclamation that religion is over - period.",
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                        "text": "Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today. I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. 'Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion.' Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.",
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                        "text": "“To the traveller imbued with a feeling for the historical and poetical, so inseparately interwined in the annals of romantic Spain, the Alhambra is a much an object of devotion as is the Caaba to all true Moslems. How many legends and traditions, true and fabulous, - how many songs and ballards, Arabian and Spanish, of love and war and chivalry, are associated with this Oriental pile!”",
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                        "text": "We no longer just take religious identity from our parents, so what's going on? Why are people going to this series, why are people reading so many books about religion? It's because they want answers. The answers are no longer just passed down from generation to generation. It's harder for people. In effect, you have to roll up your sleeve and ask the questions. But if you do it, if you forge your own identity, it can be much more personal and much more meaningful to you.",
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                        "text": "“Today, most believers are segregated and isolated in their church or in their home. If believers accept Paul's directive to seek out other believers and greet them, the Lord will have a way to build up the assembly, His body. Although there are so many churches and Christian groups today, believers can still heed Paul's command to go and greet fellow believers in other groups. In God's eyes all of His children are in one family, in the one body of Christ. As such, believers should not acknowledge any division.”",
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                        "text": "“Supposing there is no life everlasting. Think what it means if death is really the end of all things. They've given up all for nothing. They've been cheated. They're dupes.\" Waddington reflected for a little while. \"I wonder if it matters what they have aimed at is illusion. Their lives are in themselves beautiful. I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books the write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.”",
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                        "text": "“But by the end of the first century there is evidence to suggest that his surviving correspondence began to be collected into a Pauline corpus, which quickly circulated among the churches—first a shorter corpus of ten letters and soon afterwards a longer one of thirteen, enlarged by the inclusion of the three Pastoral”",
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                        "text": "“Language was critically important to the religious transition. The rise of Islam meant not just the eclipse of Christianity but the near annihilation of what had hitherto been the commonly spoken vernaculars of the Middle East and the Mediterranean world: of Syriac, Coptic, Greek, and Berber. Already in the eighth century, Arabic was the language of politics and administration from Spain into central Asia, although Persian and Turkish would both become critical vehicles for Islamic thought and culture. From the earliest years of the Muslim era, the Arabic language and its attendant culture exercised a magnetic pull for non-Muslims, even for church leaders. As early as 800, Christians like Theodore Abu Qurrah, a Melkite bishop born in Edessa, were publishing their treatises in Arabic. The greatest Eastern Christian philosopher of the tenth century, Yahya ibn 'Adi, wrote in Arabic and lived in a thoroughly Arabized intellectual world. Even in the self-confident world of Syriac literature, ninth-century hymn writers began introducing the Arabic poetic device of rhyme.14”",
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                        "text": "I'm a Spinozist. I believe in reason. I think all the progress that we've made making this a better world have been because of reason and not religion. I think religion has been pulled along by reason and that's why we read The Bible now so differently, even believers.",
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                        "text": "“Though churches may lose political influence under Christian states or in predominantly Christian societies, though they might be secularized, they do not vanish anything like as thoroughly as in the African and Asian examples mentioned. In most of these cases, churches collapsed or vanished because they were unable to cope with the pressures placed upon them by hostile regimes, mainly Muslim. While religions might sicken and fade, they do not die of their own accord: they must be killed.”",
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                        "text": "“A Lutheran church in Nebraska is typically a place where any mad passion for Christ is politely concealed. Men and women recite the various creeds in hypnotic monotone; the hymns, pumped from wheezy organ pipes, are sung with no lilt or musicality. The members of the choirs not only don't dance, they don't sway. That's not to say no one is ever smacked hard with God's love or filled up to the eyeballs with the Holy Spirit, but when you are, you keep it to yourself.\" (48)”",
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                        "text": "“You heard him say it? 'Pain's the only evil I know about.' You heard that?\" The monk nodded solemnly. \"And that society is the only thing that determines whether an act is wrong or not? That too?\" \"Yes.\" \"Dearest God, how did those two heresies get back into the world after all this time? Hell has limited imaginations down there. 'The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.”",
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                        "text": "“Reckless predictions of the second coming of Christ create an artificial excitement among believers followed by a corresponding depression. In addition, it hardens skeptics in their unbelief and provides new fodder for cynics to mock the Christian faith.”",
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