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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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Believe Death God Impossible Mad
Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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Character Eyes Woman
For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
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Enough God Men Reveal
It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Evil Religious Violence
A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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Born Christian Men
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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Death Himself Life World
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Deep Inspirational Philosophy Teaching Truth
Christ, in disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.
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Power Religious Violence
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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Achievement Argument
The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.
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Blood Body Soul Spiritual
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
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
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Born Death Prevention
Fear is the foundation of safety.
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Fear Foundation Safety
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
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Fire Food
How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!
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Devil Men Sick
We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, “We worship God through Christ!” Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.
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Believe Himself Men Religious
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 we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does.
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Moments Place Soul
You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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Forgiveness God Let Go Truth
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
It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
It is to believed because it is absurd.
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Believe Mad One Liner
It is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner
Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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Death Philosophy Pleasure
See how these Christians love one another.
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Love Religious Togetherness
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

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