"Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution." — Robert A. Heinlein

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• See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious. — Charles Barkley
• In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians. — Karl Barth

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