“I’ll keep it short and sweet. Family, religion, friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. When opportunity knocks, you don’t want to be driving to a maternity hospital or sitting in some phony-baloney church. Or synagogue.” IfsWantThreeOpportunityWishChurchSweetSucceedSittingDrivingDemonHospitalsPhonySynagogueOpportunity KnocksMaternityBaloneyOpportunity KnockingShort And Sweet Author:Charles Montgomery
“Heretics cannot themselves appear good unless they depict the Church as evil, false, and mendacious. They alone wish to be esteemed as the good, but the Church must be made to appear evil in every respect.” MadeEvilWishChurchHeretic Author:Martin Luther
“I am not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief is positively harmful. Reviewing the false claims of religion, I do not wish, as some sentimental materialists affect to wish, that they were true. I do not envy believers their faith. I am relieved to think that the whole story is a sinister fairy tale; life would be miserable if what the faithful affirmed was actually the case.” IfsThinkingWholeStoriesWould BeBeliefWishChurchReligiousCasesAtheismInfluenceEffectsClaimsAtheistEnvyBelieverTalesVersionsMiserableFaithfulFairyFairy TaleSentimentalPositivelyReligious BeliefRelievedSinisterUntruth Book:Letters to a Young Contrarian Source: Letters to a Young Contrarian
“This is the highest honour of the Church, that, until He is united to us, the Son of God reckons himself in some measure imperfect. What consolation is it for us to learn, that, not until we are along with him, does he possess all his parts, or wish to be regarded as complete! Hence, in the First Epistle to the Corinthians, when the apostle discusses largely the metaphor of a human body, he includes under the single name of Christ the whole Church.” FirstsHumansDoeWholeBodyNamesWishChristChurchUnitedSonHighestMetaphorHonourImperfectConsolationHuman BodyApostlesCorinthians Author:John Calvin
“I have not come to seek place, nor to interfere with the business and calling of those men who have borne the burden since the death of Joseph. I throw myself at your feet, and wish to be one of your number, and be a mere member of the Church, and my mere asking to be baptized is an end to all pretensions to authority.” MenEndsWishChurchNumbersFeetCallingMembersAuthorityAskingMereBurdenInterferePretensionBaptized Author:Oliver Cowdery
“Some president wishes to be re-elected, and thereupon speaks about the Bible as "the corner-stone of American Liberty." This sentence is a mouth large enough to swallow any church, and from that time forward the religious people will be citing that remark of the politician to substantiate the inspiration of the Scriptures.” PeopleEnoughInspirationSpeakWishPresidentChurchReligiousLibertyAtheismPoliticianMouthsStonesCornersPositive AtheismSentencesScriptureRemarksCitingAmerican Liberty Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“When, as a child, I first opened my eyes on a Sunday-morning, a feeling of dismal anicipation, which began at least on the Friday,culminated. I knew what was before me, and my wish, if not my word, was "Would God it were evening!" It was no day of rest, but a day of texts, of catechisms (Watts'), of tracts about converted swearers, godly charwomen, and edifying deaths of sinners saved.... There was but one rosy spot, in the distance, all that day: and that was "bed-time," which never could come too early!” IfsFirstsChildrenFeelingsEyeReligionWishChurchMorningBedDistanceSavedSpotsEveningSinnerSundayGodlyFridayMy WishRosySunday MorningCatechismDay Of RestBed Time Author:Lewis Carroll
“The sign of the cross is the most terrible weapon against the devil. Thus the Church wishes not only that we have it continually in front of our minds to recall to us just what our souls are worth and what they cost Jesus Christ, but also that we should make it at every juncture ourselves: when we go to bed, when we awaken during the night, when we get up, when we begin any action, and, above all, when we are tempted.” ShouldMindSoulActionNightJesusWishChristChurchFrontsTerribleCostBedWeaponsDevilJesus ChristCrossesGet UpRecallsTemptedJuncture Author:John Vianney
“I wish that we might get back to worship again. Then when people come into the church they will instantly sense that they have come among holy people, God's people. They can testify, 'Of a truth God is in this place'” PeopleMightWishChurchHolyWorshipGet Back Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer