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One of the things that made me suffer no regret when I was called away from the cramped intellectual jail of atheism…
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Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom…
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If atheism solved all human woe, then the Soviet Union would have been an empire of joy and dancing bunnies, instead of…
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A wasteland is a confrontation to a man of stature: an empty place, a gauntlet thrown down in challenge and defiance. A…
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What would the world be like if you had to develop a power yourself before you could use it? Just as a…
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Men's souls are crooked and unsound things, not good materials out of which to build friendships, families, households, cities, civilizations. But good…
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If Vulcans had a church, they’d be Catholics.
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Reason is the tool men use to determine if their statements about reality are valid: there is no other. Those who do…
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