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The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.

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Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.
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Apperance Blind Easy Kind
A holy woman may be beautiful by the gift of nature, but she must not give occasion to lust. If beauty be hers, so far from setting it off she ought rather to obscure it.
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Beautiful Lust Religious
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Hate One Liner Reaction Truth
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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Athens Jerusalem
It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
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Eyes Kindness Practice
He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
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Men Present
Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.
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Dog God Sarcastic Truth
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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Evil Fear Nature Shame
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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Death Himself Life World
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Divorce Marriage Religious
The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’
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Nature Poet Rumor
The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Faith Impossible
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Religious Violence
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Discipline Faith Judgement Quality
The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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Lust Religious Soul
I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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Atheist Believe Religion

The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.

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The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.

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