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by compound complex 215 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Tara
Forgiveness is the scent of a violet that clings to the heel of the one who has crushed it.
----author unknown
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compound complex
The hell to be endured hereafter, of which
theology tells, is no worse than the hell we
make for ourselves in this world by habitually
fashioning our characters in the wrong way.William James (1842-1910)
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compound complex
The man who never looks into a newspaper
is better informed than he who reads them: inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer
to truth than he whose mind is filled with false-
hood and errors.Thomas Jefferson, to citizens of Hartford,
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Bumble Bee
I don't know where this came from, it's a quote I had put up on my Facebook page ages ago
To open your innate nature and to feel something from the bottom of your heart, it is necessary to remain silent.
It always gives me pause for thought.
BB
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The metaphysical insanities of Athanasius, of Loyola,
and of Calvin, are, to my understanding, mere lapses
into polytheism, differing from paganism only by being
more unintelligible.Thomas Jefferson, to Javed Sparks, 1820
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Mickey mouse
W/T Jan 15th 2008 p.29. "Matt:10:34-38 - Is the Scriptural message to be blamed for family rifts? Not at all. Rather, rifts are caused by the position taken by unbelieving family members. They may choose to reject or oppose Christianity, bringing about divisions in the family."
Bloody cheek!
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Meeting Junkie No More
"A partisan of the most rigid orthodoxy...knows it all, he bows before the holy, truth is for him an ensemble of ceremonies, he talks about presenting himself before the throne of God, of how many times one must bow, he knows everything the same way as does the pupil who is able to demonstrate a mathematical proposition with the letters ABC, but not when they are changed to DEF. He is therefore in dread whenever he hears something not arranged in the same order." (emphasis mine!)
Kierkegaard
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Let us worship God again in simplicity,
instead of making a fool of him in
splendid edifices.Soren Kierkegaard, Danish theologian