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> [It is worth noting that the people today who so vehemently wish to sweep religion from all public spaces and institutions are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-reese/it-is-worth-noting-that-the-people-today-who-so-vehemently-wish-to/)

[Charley Reese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-reese/)

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> [Generosity of spirit is worthwhile. I've had many requests over the years to attend things, to sing somewhere. I try not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-durham/generosity-of-spirit-is-worthwhile-i-ve-had-many-requests-over-the/)

[Judith Durham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-durham/)

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> [“Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/our-species-is-the-only-creative-species-and-it-has-only-one-creative/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

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> [“Do not suppose from this that your new career is to be perpetually supported by agreeable spiritual contacts, or occupy itself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-underhill/do-not-suppose-from-this-that-your-new-career-is-to-be-perpetually/)

[Evelyn Underhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-underhill/)

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> [“The spiritual efficacy of all encounters is determined by the amount of personal ego that is in play. If two people meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-wiman/the-spiritual-efficacy-of-all-encounters-is-determined-by-the-amount/)

[Christian Wiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-wiman/)

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> [“It is possible to induce incorrect notions of cause and effect in most people in just a few minutes. All that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-janowitz/it-is-possible-to-induce-incorrect-notions-of-cause-and-effect-in/)

[Naomi janowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-janowitz/)

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> [All religions have been created to explain things we know nothing about. For the Greeks, natural phenomena such as lightning could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-a-camp/all-religions-have-been-created-to-explain-things-we-know-nothing/)

[Ryan A Camp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-a-camp/)

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> [It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/it-is-the-duty-of-all-men-in-society-publicly-and-at-stated-seasons/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [“What love and spirit give cannot be extorted. The state has always been made a hell by man's wanting to make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-h-lderlin/what-love-and-spirit-give-cannot-be-extorted-the-state-has-always/)

[Friedrich Holderlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-h-lderlin/)

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> [“But that’s not all. The resurrection is also God’s “Amen” to our “It is finished, for I believe that when he died,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elyse-m-fitzpatrick/but-that-s-not-all-the-resurrection-is-also-god-s-amen-to-our-it-is/)

[Elyse M. Fitzpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elyse-m-fitzpatrick/)

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> [Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-scott-latourette/christianity-emerged-from-the-religion-of-israel-or-rather-it-has-as/)

[Kenneth Scott Latourette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-scott-latourette/)

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> [My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. OK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/my-father-was-an-atheist-and-he-always-described-himself-as-a-serb-ok/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

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> [“The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneously in the present moment of physical reality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/the-goal-of-any-spiritual-person-is-to-strive-towards-attaining-self/)

[Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/)

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> [An idea is growing in foreign policy circles in Washington ... that there is no turning back. We are stuck in Iraq…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgie-anne-geyer/an-idea-is-growing-in-foreign-policy-circles-in-washington-that-there/)

[Georgie Anne Geyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgie-anne-geyer/)

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> [“It is possible to conceive, Anselm said, of a being than which nothing greater can be conceived. Even an atheist can conceive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/it-is-possible-to-conceive-anselm-said-of-a-being-than-which-nothing/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Authenticity is fundamental, more fundamental than spiritual enlightenment. Without authenticity, no genuine spiritual enlightenment is possible. Authenticity is the state of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasuhiko-kimura/authenticity-is-fundamental-more-fundamental-than-spiritual/)

[Yasuhiko Kimura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasuhiko-kimura/)

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> [I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehuda-amichai/i-was-a-very-religious-child-i-went-to-synagogue-at-least-once/)

[Yehuda Amichai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehuda-amichai/)

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> [When machines fail, when technology fails, when the conventional religion fails, people have got to have something. Even a zombin lurching through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/when-machines-fail-when-technology-fails-when-the-conventional/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-c-grayling/religious-apologists-complain-bitterly-that-atheists-and-secularists/)

[A.C. Grayling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-c-grayling/)

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> [Since most scientists are just a bit religious, and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific, we find humanity in a comical position.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/since-most-scientists-are-just-a-bit-religious-and-most-religious-are/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

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> [Many of those whose task it is to broker the truth of God to the people of God in the churches have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/many-of-those-whose-task-it-is-to-broker-the-truth-of-god-to-the/)

[David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/)

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> [It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/it-is-important-for-us-to-make-a-distinction-between-the-spiritual/)

[R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/)

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> [“1. The buck stops here. I am responsible for my past and my future. 2. I will seek wisdom. I will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-andrews/1-the-buck-stops-here-i-am-responsible-for-my-past-and-my-future-2-i/)

[Andy Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-andrews/)

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> [“One of the most important elements of spiritual progress is a willingness and ability to let go of the past, and this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-richard-riso/one-of-the-most-important-elements-of-spiritual-progress-is-a/)

[Don Richard Riso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-richard-riso/)

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> [“Would you rather live in a world without technology…or in a world without religion? Would you rather live without medicine, electricity, transportation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/would-you-rather-live-in-a-world-without-technology-or-in-a-world/)

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

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> [“In this new year, may you have a deep understanding of your true value and worth, an absolute faith in your unlimited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-rebhan/in-this-new-year-may-you-have-a-deep-understanding-of-your-true-value/)

[Janet Rebhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-rebhan/)

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> [“You may have noticed there are three things an Irishman always puts his soul in: his religion, his sports, and his politics.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-deasy/you-may-have-noticed-there-are-three-things-an-irishman-always-puts/)

[Mary Deasy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-deasy/)

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> [“The sage has no mind of his own. He is aware of the needs of others. I am good to people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lao-tzu/the-sage-has-no-mind-of-his-own-he-is-aware-of-the-needs-of-others-i/)

[Lao Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lao-tzu/)

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> [I think the time has come for us to embrace spirituality as a domain of awareness where we all experience our universal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/i-think-the-time-has-come-for-us-to-embrace-spirituality-as-a-domain/)

[Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/)

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> [Where do we invest our trust now? In politicians? Most people would say not. In banks, in religion, in a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/where-do-we-invest-our-trust-now-in-politicians-most-people-would-say/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

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> [Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/madness-is-a-special-form-of-the-spirit-and-clings-to-all-teachings/)

[Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/)

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> [If outside forces and culture were the reasons behind declining and non-influential churches, we would likely have no churches today. The greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-s-rainer/if-outside-forces-and-culture-were-the-reasons-behind-declining-and/)

[Thom S. Rainer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-s-rainer/)

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> [“Are you trying to change yourself? • Are there areas of your life or character where you are resistant to God’s grace?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashcraft/are-you-trying-to-change-yourself-are-there-areas-of-your-life-or/)

[Mike Ashcraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashcraft/)

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> [There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/there-should-be-a-readiness-on-our-part-to-investigate-with-candor-to/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

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> [You shouldn't blame (only) religion because science has killed more humans than religion HOWEVER, AND at the same time, you shouldn't blame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brown/you-shouldn-t-blame-only-religion-because-science-has-killed-more/)

[Charles Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brown/)

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> [Religion by itself was not meant to be a divisive tool. All of our religious teachings have similar rules, such as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leymah-gbowee/religion-by-itself-was-not-meant-to-be-a-divisive-tool-all-of-our/)

[Leymah Gbowee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leymah-gbowee/)

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> [America has invested her religion as well as her morality in sound income-paying securities. She has adopted the unassailable position of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-repplier/america-has-invested-her-religion-as-well-as-her-morality-in-sound/)

[Agnes Repplier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-repplier/)

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> [All things whatsoever God in his infinite wisdom has seen fit and proper to reveal to us, while we are dwelling in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-smith/all-things-whatsoever-god-in-his-infinite-wisdom-has-seen-fit-and/)

[Sam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-smith/)

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> [“Think of the church at large. What divisions! Think of the different bodies. Take the question of holiness, take the question of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-murray/think-of-the-church-at-large-what-divisions-think-of-the-different/)

[Andrew Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-murray/)

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> [I don't find any difference between Islam and Islamic fundamentalists. I believe religion is the root, and from the root fundamentalism grows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taslima-nasrin/i-don-t-find-any-difference-between-islam-and-islamic-fundamentalists/)

[Taslima Nasrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taslima-nasrin/)

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                        "text": "Generosity of spirit is worthwhile. I've had many requests over the years to attend things, to sing somewhere. I try not to turn things down if I don't have to. The easiest thing is to say you can't manage it, but often it's more rewarding to agree to do something for someone.",
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                        "text": "“Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man. And now the forces marshaled around the concept of the group have declared a war of extermination on that preciousness, the mind of man. By disparagement, by starvation, by repressions, forced direction, and the stunning hammerblows of conditioning, the free, roving mind is being pursued, roped, blunted, drugged. It is a sad suicidal course our species seems to have taken. And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about. I can understand why a system built on a pattern must try to destroy the free mind, for this is one thing which can by inspection destroy such a system. Surely I can understand this, and I hate it and I will fight against it to preserve the one thing that separates us from the uncreative beasts. If the glory can be killed, we are lost.”",
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                        "text": "“Do not suppose from this that your new career is to be perpetually supported by agreeable spiritual contacts, or occupy itself in the mild contemplation of the great world through which you move. True, it is said of the Shepherd that he carries the lambs in his bosom: but the sheep are expected to walk, and put up with the inequalities of the road, the bunts and blunders of the flock. It”",
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                        "text": "“The spiritual efficacy of all encounters is determined by the amount of personal ego that is in play. If two people meet and disagree fiercely about theological matters but agree, silently or otherwise, that God’s love creates and sustains human love, and that whatever else may be said of God is subsidiary to this truth, then even out of what seems great friction there may emerge a peace that—though it may not end the dispute, though neither party may be “convinced” of the other’s position—nevertheless enters and nourishes one’s notion of, and relationship with, God. Without this radical openness, all arguments about God are not simply pointless but pernicious, for each person is in thrall to some lesser conception of ultimate truth and asserts not love but a lesson, not God but himself.”",
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                        "text": "“It is possible to induce incorrect notions of cause and effect in most people in just a few minutes. All that is necessary is to expose them to rewards which they believe they are generating based on their actions when in fact the rewards are randomly awarded. People will latch onto any seeming success and repeat it, even when they have to explain repeated failures as well. It appears practically impossible, or at least very rare, for humans not to be influenced by immediate experiences of concrete results. This is true even if the experiences turn out to have limited theoretical validity. The moment of surprise is not when people repeat alchemical failures but when they begin to do something else.”",
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                        "text": "All religions have been created to explain things we know nothing about. For the Greeks, natural phenomena such as lightning could not be explained in objective terms, so Zeus was created by man to explain what we now know is of natural causes. What will happen after death will not and can not ever be explained in objective terms, this will be the last foundation that religion has to build from. One topic unknown equals one god to solve the mystery. Many topics unknown equals many gods. The moment we realize that religion is an illusion is the moment we are truly free.",
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                        "text": "It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.",
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                        "text": "“What love and spirit give cannot be extorted. The state has always been made a hell by man's wanting to make it his heaven. The state is nothing but the coarse husk around the seed of life, the wall around the human fruits and flowers. Yet what good is a wall when the soil of our garden is parched? ... O inspiration, you will bring us the springtime of peoples again. The state cannot command your presence, but if it does not obstruct you, you will come.”",
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                        "text": "“But that’s not all. The resurrection is also God’s “Amen” to our “It is finished, for I believe that when he died, I died, and when he rose, I arose; I believe that you have forgiven me and made me righteous and will raise me up on the last day.”",
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                        "text": "Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith.",
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                        "text": "My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. OK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but we were orthodox before that and deep down we were always Serbs, religion cannot change that. We only became Muslims to survive the Turks.",
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                        "text": "An idea is growing in foreign policy circles in Washington ... that there is no turning back. We are stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan for 25 to 40 years, we are embedded in our prideful unilateralism, and nothing can return us to more traditional American values and principles of action. The hubristic creators of this \"inevitability\" planned it this way. ... Their failures in Iraq have not stopped the fanatic, power-hungry neoconservatives. ... The hard-liners who dominate this administration ... have led us to eternal conflict with Muslims.",
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                        "text": "“It is possible to conceive, Anselm said, of a being than which nothing greater can be conceived. Even an atheist can conceive of such a superlative being, though he would deny its existence in the real world. But, goes the argument, a being that doesn't exist in the real world is, by that very fact, less than perfect. Therefore we have a contradiction and, hey presto, God exists!”",
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                        "text": "Authenticity is fundamental, more fundamental than spiritual enlightenment. Without authenticity, no genuine spiritual enlightenment is possible. Authenticity is the state of being committed to truth. Truth is simple. And no matter how simply a truth is stated, only those who have walked the path of understanding and evolution on their own can know and understand it authentically. The path of truth is the path least traveled. Authenticity is the clarity of being in which there is no self-deceit.",
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                        "text": "I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my religiousness as good - I think religion is good for children, especially educated children, because it allows for imagination, a whole imaginative world apart from the practical world.",
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                        "text": "When machines fail, when technology fails, when the conventional religion fails, people have got to have something. Even a zombin lurching through the night can seem pretty cheerful compared to the existential comedy/horror of the ozone layer dissolving under the combined assult of a million flurocarbon spray cans of deoderant.\" - The Mist",
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                        "text": "Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when you guys were in charge, you didn't argue with us, you just burnt us at the stake. Now what we're doing is, we're presenting you with some arguments and some challenging questions, and you complain.",
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                        "text": "Many of those whose task it is to broker the truth of God to the people of God in the churches have now redefined the pastoral task such that theology has become an embarrassing encumbrance or a matter of which they have little knowledge; and many in the Church have now turned in upon themselves and substituted for the knowledge of God a search for the knowledge of self.",
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                        "text": "It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A Christian can have joy in his heart while there is still spiritual depression in his head. The joy that we have sustains us through these dark nights and is not quenched by spiritual depression. The joy of the Christian is one that survives all downturns in life.",
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                        "text": "“1. The buck stops here. I am responsible for my past and my future. 2. I will seek wisdom. I will be a servant to others. 3. I am a person of action. I seize this moment. I choose now. 4. I have a decided heart. My destiny is assured. 5. Today I will choose to be happy. I am the possessor of a grateful spirit. 6. I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit. I will forgive myself. 7. I will persist without exception. I am a person of great faith.”",
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                        "text": "“One of the most important elements of spiritual progress is a willingness and ability to let go of the past, and this inevitably means wrestling with the problem of forgiving those who have hurt us in various ways. But how can we let go of hurts and resentments that bind us to our old identities and prevent us from moving on with our lives? Again, we cannot simply \"decide\" to forgive, any more than we can \"decide\" to be loving. Rather, forgiveness arises from our Essential nature and comes from a deeper understanding of the truth of our situation . . .”",
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                        "text": "“Would you rather live in a world without technology…or in a world without religion? Would you rather live without medicine, electricity, transportation, and antibiotics…or without zealots waging war over fictional tales and imaginary spirits?”",
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                        "text": "“In this new year, may you have a deep understanding of your true value and worth, an absolute faith in your unlimited potential, peace of mind in the midst of uncertainty, the confidence to let go when you need to, acceptance to replace your resistance, gratitude to open your heart, the strength to meet your challenges, great love to replace your fear, forgiveness and compassion for those who offend you, clear sight to see your best and true path, hope to dispel obscurity, the conviction to make your dreams come true, meaningful and rewarding synchronicities, dear friends who truly know and love you, a childlike trust in the benevolence of the universe, the humility to remain teachable, the wisdom to fully embrace your life exactly as it is, the understanding that every soul has its own course to follow, the discernment to recognize your own unique inner voice of truth, and the courage to learn to be still.”",
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