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Scriptures: the sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguishe

Scriptures: the sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based. – Ambrose Bierce

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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward. – Ambrose Bierce

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Edible – good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce

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good
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Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life. – John Updike, Self-Consciousness, 1989

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And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs. – Bernice Johnson Reagon

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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves. – Laurence Sterne

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Were all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, its the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do. – Vera Farmiga

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If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him. – Voltaire

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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. – St. Augustine

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When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. Shes happy, shes thriving, shes full of self-confidence. I tell her shes beautiful every day before I send her off to school. – Lynn Johnston

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Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret. – Robert E. Lee

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