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Quote by Edward Gibbon

“Our ignorance is God; what we know is science.”

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Edward Gibbon was an English historian renowned for his magnum opus, 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. His work has had a profound impact on historical studies. more

“If we go back to the beginning, we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit adorned them; that weakness worships them; that credulity preserves them and that custom, respect and tyranny support them in order to make the blindness of men serve their own interests. If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.”

“If I thought the Jews killed God, I'd worship the Jews.”

Ifs Atheism Worship Atheist Jew Agnostic

Author:Bill Hicks

“A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.”

Motivational Political Belief Doubt Atheism Humility Atheist Superstitions

Author:Jose Bergamin

“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.”

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Author:Arthur C. Clarke

“Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.”

Expression Inward Baptism

Book:The Normal Christian Life

Source: The Normal Christian Life

“God's people should be baptized because God commanded it, not because some church requires it.”

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Book:Bible Baptism

Source: Bible Baptism

“We ought to regard the sacrament of baptism with reverence. An ordinance of which the Lord Jesus Himself partook, is not to be lightly esteemed. An ordinance to which the great Head of the Church submitted, ought to be ever honorable in the eyes of professing Christians.”

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Book:Bible commentary - The gospel of Matthew

Source: Bible commentary - The gospel of Matthew

“Is it possible for an unbaptized believer to be saved? Yes, definitely. Should every believer be baptized? Yes, definitely.”

Should Believer Saved Baptism Baptized

Author:Max Lucado

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