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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

G. K. Chesterton

Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Ignorance Language Meaning Reference Word
God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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Deep God Religious Sun Yourself
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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Exception Fact Knowledge Missing
Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
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Call Escape Fashion Leaving Tradition
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
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Atheist Believe Choice God Man Mindset
But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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Abolishment Believe Criticism God Government Truth
The past is not what it was.
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One Liner Past
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Eyes Heart Intellectual Road
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Beginning Hope Reason
Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Grace Grant Gratitude
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Believe Cleaning Perspective Water
A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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Courage Face Himself Ideas Person Wisdom

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