“I have known a great many men who have left this Church for whom there is no chance whatever for exaltation, but if their blood had been spilled, it would have been better for them. The wickedness and ignorance of the nations forbid this principle's being in full force, but the time will come when the law of God will be in full force.” IfsMenHas BeensLawLeftForceNationsChurchChanceKnownPrinciplesBloodIgnoranceGods WillGreat MenWickednessExaltation Book:The Essential Brigham Young Source: The Essential Brigham Young
“In our own country, we have seen America pay a terrible price for any form of discrimination, and we have seen us grow stronger as we have steadily let more and more of our hatreds and our fears go. As we have given more and more of our people the chance to live their dreams. That is why the flame of our Statue of Liberty, like the Olympic flame carried all across America by thousands of citizen heroes will always burn brighter than the flames that burn our churches, our synagogues, our mosques.” PeopleCountryDreamAmericaFormGivenGrowsChurchChancePayLibertyFireHeroCitizensTerribleHatredStrongerDiscriminationFlamesStatuesBrighterMosquesSynagogueStatue Of Liberty Author:William J. Clinton
“God requires no person to spend his or her life reiterating the gospel to people who will not receive it. He wants everyone to have an opportunity to hear. Then He would have us move on to other areas. The mistake of the church has been that she sits down to convert all the people in one country to the neglect of the great masses who have never had the chance to hear the gospel - not even once!” PeopleWantPersonsHas BeensCountryMovingOpportunityChurchChanceMistakeMassAreasNeglect Book:Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear Source: Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear
“During the ages of faith the Church argued, not illogically, that any degree of cruelty towards sinners and heretics was justified, if there was a chance that it could save them, or others, from the eternal torments of hell. Thus, in the name of the religion of love, hundreds of thousands of people were not merely killed but atrociously tortured in ways that made the gas chambers of Beslen seem humane.” PeopleIfsWayMadeSeemsAgeNamesChurchChanceHellAtheismDegreesEternalPositive AtheismCrueltyGasSinnerTormentJustifiedChamberHumaneHereticGas Chambers Author:Margaret E. Knight
“The real religion is about the understanding that if we can only still our egos for a few seconds, we might have a chance of experiencing something that is divine in nature. But in order to do that, we have to slice away at our egos and try to get them down to a manageable size, and then still work some practiced light meditation. So real religion is about reducing our egos, whereas all the churches are interested in is egotistical activities, like getting as many members and raising as much money and becoming as important and high-profile and influential as possible.” IfsTryingStillsImportantRealLightMightOrderUnderstandingChurchChanceMeditationDivineBecomingActivityMembersEgoSizeSecondsReducingInfluentialProfileEgotisticalManageableHigh ProfileExperiencing Something Author:John Cleese
“In a Christian Theocracy, you'll never be Christian enough. There's always going to be somebody there with another version of Christianity that is more Christian than you and you're going to lose the freedom to make the choice because you didn't defend the Separation of Church and State when you had the chance.” StatesEnoughChristianChoicesLosesChurchChanceChristianitySeparationVersionsChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateTheocracy Author:David Silverman