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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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If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?
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Earth Religious Sky
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
Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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Men Patience Woman
It is to believed because it is absurd.
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Believe Mad One Liner
I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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Atheist Believe Religion
Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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Men Moments Prayer
It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner
Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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Joy Ourselves Work
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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Achievement Argument
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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Evil Fear Nature Shame
Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
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Hate Ignorance Men Philosophy
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Religious Violence
Prevention of birth is premature murder, and it makes no difference whether it is a life already born that one snatches away or a life that is coming to birth.
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Born Death Difference Life
It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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Atheist Men Nature Prayer
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

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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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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