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“Protestantism has the method of Jesus with His secret too much left out of mind; Catholicism has His secret with His method too much left out of mind; neither has His unerring balance, His intuition, His sweet reasonableness. But both have hold of a great truth, and get from it a great power.”
Source: Literature & Dogma: An Essay Towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible
“Protestantism includes every type of religious thought and organization from 'high church' Anglicanism to high-principled Quakerism, from ecstatic Methodism to relentlessly intellectual Unitarism. Only slowly, and with many pangs is even Protestantism shaking off the religion about Christ.”
“Protestantism's evolution away from hierarchy and authority has enormous consequences for America and the world. On the one hand, the democratization of religion runs parallel to political democratization. The king of England, questioning the pope, inspires English subjects to question the king and his Anglican bishops. Such dissent is backed up by a Bible full of handy Scripture arguing for arguing with one's kIng. This is the root of self-government in the English-speaking world.
On the other hand, Protestantism's shedding away of authority, as evidenced by my [Pentecostal] mother's proclamation that I needn't go to church or listen to a preacher to achieve salvation, inspires self-reliance—along with a dangerous disregard for expertise. So the impulse that leads to democracy can also be the downside of democracy—namely, a suspicion of people who know what they are talking about. It's why in U.S. presidential elections the American people will elect a wisecracking good ol' boy who's fun in a malt shop instead of a serious thinker who actually knows some of the pompous, brainy stuff that might actually get fewer people laid off or killed.”
Source: The Wordy Shipmates
“Protestantism, of course, is much more explicitly divided into different traditions - the Pentecostals, the Anglicans. But there is the main tradition of Protestantism that comes out of the Reformation and that produced people like Kant and Hegel and so on, who are not normally thought of as being people writing in a theological tradition, although Hegel, of course, wrote theology his whole life.”
“Protestants and Catholics have historically disagreed on the canon of the Old Testament but agreed on the canon of the New Testament. Christians throughout history have at times been imprisoned and even martyred for keeping books of the Bible or whole Bibles when told to surrender them to political authorities.”
“Protestants are the more segmented group. Mainline churches - you have problems in the U.S., Europe, the Scottish Church, the Dutch Protestant Church, the state church in Norway. The evangelicals have been pro Israel, but a major effort is to bring them in on the Palestinian side. A huge problem and the problems are rising.”
“Protestants at one time were confident that their free form of confession was a vast improvement upon Catholic private confession to a priest because it is voluntary, demystified, and not routinized. But amid the acids of modernity it has volunteered itself right out of existence. Demystification has dwindled into desacralization. The escape from routinization has become a convenient cover for the demise of repentance. The postmodern pastor is trying to learn anew to listen to the deeper range of feelings of others, without forgetfulness of the Word of God.”
Source: Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline
“Protestants believe that the sacraments are like ladders that God gave to us by which we can climb up to Him. Catholics believe that they are like ladders that God gave to Himself by which He climbs down to us.”
“Protestants do not very often disagree with what Catholics believe, but they do very often disagree with what they think Catholics believe.”
“Protestants, from the first, have been distinguished from their opponents by what they do not believe; to throw over one more dogma is, therefore, merely to carry the movement one stage further. Moral fervor is the essence of the matter.”
Source: Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
“Protestations of impartiality I shall make none. Theyare always useless and are besides perfect nonsense, when used bya news-monger.”
“Protestations of indifference to higher office are hard to take seriously when the 'non-candidate' is busily engaged in testing the waters.”
“Proteste herauszufordern ist meistens Taktik, Proteste niederzuschießen ist meist ein Verbrechen, aber Proteste herauszufordern um sie niederzuschießen, ist Perversion.”
Source: Helden wie wir
“Protesters are still on the fringes like satellites, revolving around the system. But prophets and poets lead us into a new world, beyond simply yelling at the old one.”
Source: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
“Protesters should make their own media and not rely on mainstream media to cover them.”
“Protesters who hold out longer have perhaps understood that success is not the proper goal. If protest depended on success, there would be little protest of any durability or significance. History simply affords too little evidence that anyone’s individual protest is of any use. Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one’s own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.”
Source: What Are People For?
“Protesting against sexism doesn't mean saying that all men are actively sexist.”
“Protesting and dishonoring your debts, duties and obligations give ride to your fall. Give ear as God calls, He's working through me. Substantial evidence of what's happening in todays world in the Bible for everyone to see but all are so blind for your lack of knowledge you suffer never destined to shine.”
Source: The Land Flowing With Milk And Honey
“Protesting can be as simple as not participating in the Pledge of Allegiance.”
“Protesting is a form of direct democracy, but in America national policy is made of representative democracy.”
Source: The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
“Protesting is about making history, creating art and protecting future generations.”
“Protesting often times takes a stance of offense; a form of violence that may not always be physical but is a form of violence all the same. Everyone has the right to be heard, but only if they are willing to really listen to others in an attempt to understand.”
“Protesting problems doesn’t really bring solutions. It just brings more problems.
We reap what we sow.
If we want to reap happiness, we must sow happiness. And that happiness inspires, strengthens others and builds bridges.
If we want solutions, we have to think about solutions and be detached from the problem.
Otherwise, [if we focus on the problem] we take the problem with us, [keep it active,] and poison the future.
If we want to reap love, we must love. With no ifs and buts.
And, we need to do it OURSELVES instead of asking others to do it.
This is freedom. This is empowerment.
This is our own solution from the problem, from our sorrow, frrom our pain.
And the more people detach themselves from the unwanted, and walk the path of love, and [focus on] the joy of the wanted, the more solutions we achieve for the world.”
“Protesting the color of a man's skin is not a worthy protest.”
“Protesting this war, Chicano/as rose to condemn the killing fields with the slogan "Raza Si, Guerra No,” we wanted our young men here fighting for justice instead of in a faraway war.
(From The Women of Raza)”
“Protestors? At a funeral?”
“Protests [against Donald Trump] four nights running.Thousands marching across the country.”
“Protests are fine. But in South Carolina we believe in the rule of law, and the people of this state should never doubt that as governor, I will enforce it.”
“Protivnike moraš razdvojiti i onda ih svladati jednog po jednog.”
Source: Bring Me Back
“Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.”
Source: Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior
“Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.”
Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story
“Protocol, alcohol, and Geritol.”
“Protocols we have learned have the opportunity to become supplies when they encounter the solvent of this moment's need, softening to become flexible and adaptive.”
Source: The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
“Protokol Keberadaan
// (Dekonstruksi: Sartre · Camus · Derrida)
Di ruang tanpa tripod penyangga—
aku berdiri sendirian, kata-kata bergetar.
Kebebasan? kata itu berdaki pada bibirku seperti tinta lama yang telah mengering.
Kudeklarasikan: aku memilih—
lalu sistem membaca ulang pilihanku,
menemukan trace yang tak pernah kuketik: jejak-jejak luka,
différance yang tersisa.
Camus menaruh batu di pangkuanku; aku menolak mengangkatnya.
Ia bilang: lakukan pemberontakan,
hidup menuntut upaya menanggung absurditas.
Aku bertanya: siapa yang menulis perintah itu dalam log jam;
apakah log memberi status: sah atau hanya pesan error yang terulang?
Sartre berbisik: kau adalah keputusan; kau bukan takdir.
Tapi siapa yang menyetujui keputusan itu ketika kata 'aku' sendiri
adalah naskah yang dapat dipanggil ulang, dikopi, di-paste ke tubuh lain?
Kebebasan itu jadi modul: terinstal, terhapus, di-restore oleh cinta dan kerinduan.
Derrida tersenyum dalam bayangannya—bukan menghina, melainkan menyodorkan sebilah pisau:
“Bongkar premisnya. Baca ulang tanda-tanda. Perhatikan sisipan yang kau anggap pasti.”
Sekali kuteruskan kata “hak”, ia menjadi pantulan: hak untuk memilih 》 hak yang dimaknai 》 hak yang dibaca ulang.
Selalu ada kemungkinan lain di balik tiap premis—sebuah residu yang tak bisa dimusnahkan.
Jadi aku menulis dengan alfabet yang tak terikat:
kata seperti partikel, seperti byte; mereka bergerak, meninggalkan jejak,
membentuk makna bukan sebagai titik, tapi sebagai radiasi—gelombang yang menunda kehadiran.
Aku menunggu diferensiasi itu: makna yang datang telat, menunda, menggoda, melepaskan diri.
Ketika aku menolak keabadian—aku merdeka; ketika aku menuntut makna—aku terjerat.
Absurd bukanlah lubang kecil; ia adalah kondisi komputasi yang terus-menerus crash.
Kita reboot, kita mencari error log, kita menambal dengan mitos, doa, slogan, retorika—
lalu satu baris kode lagi menghapus semuanya, meninggalkan prompt: > Siapa kamu?
Maka puisi bukanlah jawaban—ia adalah protokol:
baca—hapus—tunda—ulang.
Dalam ritme itu aku menemukan sebuah rahmat sirkuler:
kebebasan yang diakui sebagai kebebasan untuk tetap ragu
atau selamanya ambigu.
Aku menapaki ruang antara kata
dan bisikan.
Di sana, warna hitam bukan nihil;
ia adalah pagar yang memaksa pandang.
Di sana, doa bukanlah mukjizat; ia menjadi setitik delay yang menyelamatkan kita dari aksi.
Di sana, aku mengakui: aku mungkin hanya efek samping dari keputusan yang belum kumengerti.
Tapi ada pula sesuatu yang tak bisa di-deconstruct: getar tak terbaca di dada,
ketika aku memilih untuk menanggung, bukan hanya berargumen tentang siapa yang harus menanggung.
Ada keberanian yang tidak perlu diideologikan—hanya dipraktikkan:
memilih lagi, meski tahu teks bisa berubah rupa di saat kita membacanya.
Di ujungnya, kita tidak akan menemukan definisi yang bertahan seutuhnya;
kita menemukan sebuah kebiasaan: berani membuka kata, menunggu trace, mendengar gema.
Itu bukan absurd semata; itu adalah ritual perulangan yang membawa kita pada perjumpaan—
bukan dengan kebenaran yang tunggal, melainkan dengan kebenaran yang berkorelasi:
kebenaran yang bersedia menjadi ruang tunggu tempat bertemu, bukan batu yang membebani.
Jadi datanglah, pilih:
tetap berpegang pada batu yang membuatmu runtuh, atau berdiri di ambang uraian,
tempat kata-kata menjadi medan peperangan, dan kebebasan adalah aktivitas terus-menerus—
sebuah kerja pikiran, bukan klaim monumental.
Di sana, antara deklarasi dan keraguan, kita mendirikan puisi ini:
sebuah protokol kecil untuk hidup yang tidak puas dengan kepastian,
sebuah doa yang bisa di-debug, namun tak pernah sepenuhnya dapat dimusnahkan.
November 2025”
“Protons, electrons and photons were scattered equally throughout, so that the emission and absorption of energy balanced each other in perfect equilibrium: a state of affairs known as 'black-body radiation'. At something over 379,000 years after the big bang, the universe had cooled down sufficiently to form neutrally charged atoms, which could not absorb all the thermal energy as perfectly as before. Instead, high-energy photons began to travel on their own through space, rendering the universe transparent instead of opaque. As the universe expanded over the subsequent 15 billion years these photons lost energy and red-shifted.”
Source: Science: Antiquity and Its Legacy
“Protons give an atom its identity, electrons its personality.”
Source: A Short History of Nearly Everything
“Protoplasm, simple or nucleated, is the formal basis of all life. It is the clay of the potter: which, bake it and paint it as hewill, remains clay, separated by artifice, and not by nature from the commonest brick or sun-dried clod.”
Source: A Scientific Education
“Prototype as if you are right. Listen as if you are wrong.”
“Prototype Human (Sonnet 2249)
The pen is my paradise,
the pen is my grave.
Everybody has all the answers,
I seem to have only questions.
Good thing, I don't know how to write,
methods are obstacle to my madness.
I'm vast enough to contain the world,
asylum pills don't work on pilgrim brains.
My pen never runs out of ink, because
the pen is an extension of my anatomy.
Madness is the first sign of sanity,
oneness is the seed of infinity.
Stereotypes are sanity of the jungle,
prejudice is sacred in the animal kingdom.
Flags are the poison, cosmos is (my) kin -
I am no stereotype, I am the Prototype Human.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“Prototype, then polish. Get it working before you optimize it”
“Prototypes of inventions that use novel combinations of resonance, magnetism, states of matter, certain geometries or inward swirling motion to unlock the secrets of universal energy have already been built. They provide proof of new or rediscovered principles. In many variations of these inventions, a small input triggers a disproportionately large output of useable power."
"These energy converters don't violate any laws of physics if they simply tap into a previously unrecognized source of power - background space. A flow of energy from that source can continue day and night, whether or not the sun shines or the wind blows.”
Source: Breakthrough Power: How Quantum-Leap New Energy Inventions Can Transform Our World
“Prototyping is the conversation you have with your ideas.”
“Proud about my father? What am I most proud of? I think I'm proud of the legacy he left I think is what it is. He has left us so much.”
“Proud is the spirit of Zeus-fostered kings - their honor comes from Zeus, and Zeus, god of council, loves them.”
“Proud meaning that... proud means we have to be one till the end eh? Till the end we have to be proud?”
“Proud," my debut novel is the result of a fevered imagination in galactic overdrive I have been unable to control. All my friends say it is bizarre and ludicrous. Music to my ears.”
Source: Proud: A tale of rampant ludicrousness
“Proud of my broken heart since thou didst break it,
Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee,
Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it,
Not to partake thy passion, my humility.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“Proud of the work I’ve done and savoring the hours of rest I’ve earned.”
Source: My Fight / Your Fight
“Proud parents to two children
Grandparents to five more
Who visit the "Harper Bakery"
It's Gran's cooking they all adore”
“Proud people breed bad sorrows for themselves”
Source: Wuthering Heights