"Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way."

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"Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way."

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"Men have never been good, they are not good and they never will be good."

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"Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree."

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"Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo."

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"Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace."

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"In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians."

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"It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins."

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"It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart."

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"Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life."

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"Joy is the simplest form of gratitude."

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"Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ."

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"A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly."

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"The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already."

Edward Abbey, American Author

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"Religion is not a conclusion of the reason."

Lyman Abbott, American Author

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"No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state."

Felix Adler, German Educator

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"The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer."

Horatio Alger, American Author

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