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Annie Besant

Never yet has a God been defined in terms which were not palpably self-contradictory and absurd; never yet has a God been described so that a concept of Him was made possible to human thought.
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God Human Mad Possible Thinking
There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths.
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Faith Religion
In a 50 mile radius around Chicago one can see the red aura of pain, agony, terror, anger from all the animals being butchered there.
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Angry Hard Time Pain See
Purification is but the cleaning of the lamp-glass which hides the Light.
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Hide Light Purity
Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but also of the most unevolved mentality; in one place there is a highly developed and complex civilisation, in another a crude and simple polity.
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Civilization Development Evolution Intelligence Man Mental Place Simplicity
There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result will be, and whether any flavour save that of onions will survive the competition in the mixture.
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Charm Competition Excitement Result Survive Wonder
This Old Testament – containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality – is by English statute law declared to be of divine authority, a blasphemy – if there were anyone to be blasphemed – blacker and more insolent than any word ever written or penned by the most hotheaded Freethinker.
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Authority Divine Freedom Law Mad Mistake Moral Thinking Word Writing
Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself, one after the other, its outer casings, and – as the snake from its skin, the butterfly from its chrysalis – emerges from one after another, passing into a higher state of consciousness.
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Death Immortal Man Repeat Skin
India is the mother of religion. In her are combined science and religion in perfect harmony, and that is the Hindu religion, and it is India that shall be again the spiritual mother of the world.
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Combination Mom Religion Science Spiritual World
The man of meditation is the man who wastes no time, scatters no energy, misses no opportunity.
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Energy Man Meditation Missing Opportunity Wasted Time
The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind.
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Action Blessing Kind Live Man Moral Ourselves Rule True
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
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Believe Evidence Experience Limitation Logic Mad Ourselves Position
Celibacy is not natural to men or to women; all bodily needs require their legitimate satisfaction, and celibacy is a disregard of natural law.
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Body Law Man Nature Need Satisfaction
The essence of religion is the knowledge of God which is eternal life. That and nothing less than that is religion. Everything else is on the surface, is superfluous save for the needs of men.
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Forever God Knowledge Life Man Need Religion
Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.
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End Evil Imperfection
Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity.
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Humanity Life Nation Person Race

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