Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
Quotes to Explore
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If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.
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God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.
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A true servant of God will never teach a false doctrine. He will never deny new revelation. He never will tell you that the canon of scripture is full, or that the New Testament is the last revelation ever intended to be given to man.
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It's amazing what you'll discover if you start exploring what God has placed within you.
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I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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The cloning procedure is similar to IVF. The only difference is that the DNA of sperm and egg would be replaced by DNA from an adult cell. What law or principle - secular, humanist, or religious - says that one combination of genetic material in a flask is OK, but another is not?
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If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included.
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God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
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Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue.
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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
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Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.
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The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.
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When Israel, of the Lord belov'd,Out of the land of bondage came,Her fathers' God before her mov'd,An awful guide in smoke and flame.
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Oh, god, where's the fuckin' bottle, you fuckin' whore?! DID HE FUCK YOU WITH THIS TOO?! Yes- OH, SHUT UP!!! HE DID EVERYTHING TO YOU, OH, GOD!!!!
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At last the god cometh! The air runs over with splendor; The fire leaps high on the altar; Melodious thunders shake the ground. Hark to the Delphic responses! Hark! it is the god!
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Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims.
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Objections to religious mysticism lose their force if they can equally be turned against natural mysticism.
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I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
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Noah walked with God; he didn't only preach righteousness, he acted it. He went through water and didn't melt. He breasted the current of the popular opinion of his day, scorning alike the hatred and ridicule of the scoffers who mocked at the thought of there being but one way of salvation.
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I just like the comic book sensibility. If I can turn them into films and TV series, that's just icing on the cake.
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I'm still trying to find the actor I want to be, but I know what kind of the talent I want to be around.
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Expand within your church. Expand within the people you have contact. Bring them up to speed in knowledge on what’s going on.
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A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument.
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The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
