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Letter "C" » Christianity
«The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental goddess. With increasing moral light, and greater liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to deve»
Author: George William Curtis
| About:
Christianity,
Civilization,
Women
| Keywords:
dark ages, estimate, goddess, Great Goddess, increasing, savages, sentimental, toy
«The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life.»
Author: James L. Christensen
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Christianity
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adequate, adequate to, avoid, character, Christianity, difficulty, easy, meet, produce, purpose, tries
«The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief-call it what you will-than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.»
Author: A. A. Milne
(Humorist)
| About:
Atheism,
Christianity,
Religion
| Keywords:
agnosticism, atheism, bicycle, Bicycles, cinema, disbelief, emptied, golf, golf course, motor, motoring, motors, Old Course, Old Testament, responsible for, testament
«The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world»
Author: Henry Ward Beecher
| About:
Christianity
| Keywords:
agent, bearing, bearings, Christian, test, The Agent, The test
«The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille»
Author: Karl Marx
(Philosopher)
| About:
Christianity,
Religion
| Keywords:
abasement, contempt, cowardice, humility, preach, social, submission, submissions, The Social
«The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.»
Author: Norman Vincent Peale
(Clergyman, Writer)
| About:
Christianity,
Religion
| Keywords:
belief, christ, Christianity, dogma, gateway, gateways, intricate, labyrinth, labyrinths, The Gateway
«The greatness of Christianity did not lie in attempted negotiations for compromise with any similar philosophical opinions in the ancient world, but in its inexorable fanaticism in preaching and fighting for its own doctrine»
Author: Adolf Hitler
(Chancellor)
| About:
Christianity
| Keywords:
ancient, Ancient World, compromise, doctrine, fanaticism, inexorable, lie in, negotiation, negotiations, philosophical, preaching, similar
«The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.»
Author: Bible
| About:
Christianity,
God,
Religion,
Soul
| Keywords:
desolate, desolated, desolating, servants, the LORD
«The last Christian died on the cross»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| About:
Christianity
| Keywords:
Christian, cross, crossing over, Crossing the, cross out, died, last, The cross, The Last
«The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian savior Mithra, who, as an incarnation of eternal light, was born the night of the winter solstice (then dated Decembe»
Author: Joseph Campbell
(Author, Editor, Philosopher, Teacher)
| About:
Christianity
| Keywords:
assign, date, dated, December, incarnation, Mithra, Nativity, Nativity of Christ, Persian, Persians, savior, solstice, the Incarnation, The Night of the, The Persians, winter solstice
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