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... authority and justice ! Strange ! that no one has ever been persecuted by the church for believing God bad , while hun- dreds of millions have been destroyed for thinking him good . The orthodox church never will forgive the ...
... authority and justice ! Strange ! that no one has ever been persecuted by the church for believing God bad , while hun- dreds of millions have been destroyed for thinking him good . The orthodox church never will forgive the ...
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... authority and with power . Man fell upon his knees before his own servant , and the priest , taking advantage of the awe inspired by his sup- posed influence with the gods , made of his fellow- man a cringing hypocrite and slave . Even ...
... authority and with power . Man fell upon his knees before his own servant , and the priest , taking advantage of the awe inspired by his sup- posed influence with the gods , made of his fellow- man a cringing hypocrite and slave . Even ...
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... authority of demon- stration , and to induce some Judas to betray Rea- son , one of the saviors of mankind . During that frightful period known as the Dark Ages , " Faith reigned , with scarcely a re- bellious subject . Her temples were ...
... authority of demon- stration , and to induce some Judas to betray Rea- son , one of the saviors of mankind . During that frightful period known as the Dark Ages , " Faith reigned , with scarcely a re- bellious subject . Her temples were ...
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... slightest evi- dence of any interference from without . These are the sublime truths that enabled man to throw off the yoke of superstition . These are the splendid facts that snatched the sceptre of authority THE GODS . 81.
... slightest evi- dence of any interference from without . These are the sublime truths that enabled man to throw off the yoke of superstition . These are the splendid facts that snatched the sceptre of authority THE GODS . 81.
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are the splendid facts that snatched the sceptre of authority from the hands of priests . In that vast cemetery , called the past , are most of the religions of men , and there , too , are nearly all their gods . The sacred temples of ...
are the splendid facts that snatched the sceptre of authority from the hands of priests . In that vast cemetery , called the past , are most of the religions of men , and there , too , are nearly all their gods . The sacred temples of ...
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Page 20 - And the woman said unto, the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 486 - For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned : but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Page 464 - And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life ? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good ? there is none good but one, that is, God : but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Page 126 - These are the times that try men's souls : The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 482 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Page 21 - So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Page 20 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree -of life, and eat, and live for ever...