Quote by Robert Rainy
The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims

The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims to embody a new revelation from on high, is not a frequent occurrence. – Robert Rainy

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The principle that certain sins should not receive the Churchs testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all, but had been applied in various churches perhaps, however, with no strict consistency. – Robert Rainy

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I dont think Romney is wacky at all, but religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things, believe and affirm crazy things. Left on his own, Romney would never have said something like the Garden Of Eden was in Missouri, and will be again. – Christopher Hitchens

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Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, youve got to help pay for piping. And the Piper! – Abigail Van Buren

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The Bible is literature, not dogma. – George Santayana

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Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite. – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Les Cahiers

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