The Church of Rome has made it an article of faith that no man can be saved out
of their church, and all other religious sects approach this dreadful opinion
in proportion to their ignorance, and the influence of ignorant or wicked
priests. -- John Adams (1735-1826) 2nd US President "Diary and Autobiography"
of their church, and all other religious sects approach this dreadful opinion
in proportion to their ignorance, and the influence of ignorant or wicked
priests. -- John Adams (1735-1826) 2nd US President "Diary and Autobiography"
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- As in Protestant Europe, by contrast, where sects divided endlessly into
smaller competing sects and no church dominated any other, all is different
in the fragmented world of IBM.
That realm is now a chaos of conflicting norms and standards that not even IBM can hope to control.... - The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles?
- My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office
that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.
-- John Adams (1735-1826) 2nd US President, 1789 letter written when he was VP.... - The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is
not true.
They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all... - The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.
- The Revolution was effected before the war commenced.
The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people... - SACRAMENT, n. A solemn religious ceremony to which several degrees of
authority and significance are attached.
Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity.... - Article the Third:
Where a crime of the kidneys has been committed, the accused should
enjoy the right to a speedy diaper change.
Public announcements and guided tours of the aforementioned are not necessary.... - If you can believe ten impossible things before breakfa
hen you should join THE CHURCH OF COUNTERFACTUAL BELIEF The Church of Counterfactual Belief has been set up to cater to all who don't allow demonstrable truth to get in the way of their beliefs....
