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The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels.

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Live life to it's fullest, love wastefully, and be all we can be.
When the dust settles and the pages of history are written, it will not be the angry defenders of intolerance who have…
The virgin birth, understood as literal biology, makes Christ's divinity, as traditionally understood, impossible.
The miracle stories of the New Testament can no longer be interpreted in a post-Newtonian world as supernatural events performed by an…
The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts…
Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way.
The hope for life after death must be separated forever from the behavior control mentality of reward and punishment. The Church must…
If the resurrection of Jesus cannot be believed except by assenting to the fantastic descriptions included in the Gospels, then Christianity is…
The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The [2006-JAN] Supreme Court's decision to uphold aid in dying allows…
The great danger... in believing yourself especially chosen is that it becomes easy to view those who are not your people as…
All human beings bear God's image and must be respected for what each person is. Therefore, no external description of one's being,…
Paul's words are not the Words of God. They are the words of Paul- a vast difference.

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I was so shy. Instead of waiting in line with other kids at lunch, I'd go to a corner and buy a… — Peter Facinelli
These pretzels are making me thirsty! — Jerry Seinfeld
A gluten-free diet still allows you access to almost every fruit and vegetable, a variety of grains and legumes, your pick of… — Daphne Oz
But you can't just sit around the fireplace and sip Cokes and eat pretzels and get an attitude of confidence. You have… — Lee Haney
All food starting with p is comfort food: pasta, potato chips, pretzels, peanut butter, pastrami, Pizza, pastry. — Sara Paretsky
Love makes intellectual pretzels of us all. — Sarah Bird
My dad used to call me 'the human pretzel' because I was able to bend my body, and because my legs are… — Erin Andrews
I've been into the habit of freezing white grapes and using them as a snack. Instead of eating peanuts or popcorn or… — Mike Ditka
I like that: a little pressure on the understood boundaries of yourself. Sounded like something out of a self-awareness class, probably with… — Robin McKinley
There will be all these fifty-year-old women wearing hot pants and squeezing themselves into pretzel shapes and then there will be me.… — E. Lockhart
What about desserts?" I asked. "If the world comes to an end, I'm going to want cookies." "We're all going to want… — Susan Beth Pfeffer
So what's your team called?" asked Kate, twisting her legs into a pretzel-like configuration, "We're called the Winmates because we're inmates who… — Trenton Lee Stewart

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