“But for me at any rate it was all part of dissolving the God trip or father-figure trip. Facing up to reality instead of always looking for some kind of heaven.” KindGodRealityFatherHeavenFiguresRateDissolvingFather Figure Author:John Lennon
“Thus Angels' Bread is made The Bread of man today: The Living Bread from Heaven With figures doth away: O wondrous gift indeed! The poor and lowly may Upon their Lord and Master feed.” MenMayMadeTodayHeavenPoorLordFiguresMastersAngelBreadWondrous Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Ordinary men, to whom all things are possible, don't often, if ever, think of Heaven. It is a name, and nothing more, and they are content to wait and let things be, but to those who are doomed to be shut out for ever you cannot think what it means, you cannot guess or measure the terrible endless longing to see the gates opened, and to be able to join the white figures within.” IfsThinkingMenMeanAbleNamesHeavenWaitingWhiteFiguresTerribleOrdinaryAll ThingsLongingEndlessGatesDoomedOrdinary Man Book:Dracula's Guest: & Other Stories Source: Dracula's Guest: & Other Stories
“I jumped in the river, what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me A moon full of stars and astral cars And all the figures I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and futures And we all went to heaven in a little row boat There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.” LittlesPastUsedHeavenStarsBlackDoubtCarFiguresLoversAngelRiversBoatMy PastMy LoverRadioheadRow Boats Author:Thom Yorke
“There is nothing more negative than the result of the critical study of the life of Jesus. The Jesus of Nazareth who came forward publicly as the Messiah, who preached the Kingdom of God, who founded the Kingdom of Heaven upon earth, and died to give his work its final consecration, never had any existence. He is a figure designed by rationalism, endowed with life by liberalism, and clothed by modern theology in an historical garb.” GivingEarthJesusHeavenResultsExistenceStudyAtheismModernFiguresNegativeDiedHistoricalFinalsCriticalPositive AtheismTheologyKingdomsLiberalismKingdom Of GodMessiahKingdom Of HeavenRationalismConsecrationNazareth Book:The Quest of the Historical Jesus Source: The Quest of the Historical Jesus
“In His discourses, His miracles, His parables, His sufferings, His resurrection, He gradually raises the pedestal of His humanity before the world, but under a cover, until the shaft reaches from the grave to the heavens, whenHe lifts the curtain, and displays the figure of a man on a throne, for the worship of the universe; and clothing His church with His own power, He authorizes it to baptize and to preach remission of sins in His own name.” MenWorldSufferingHumanityUniverseNamesHeavenChurchSinFiguresWorshipMiracleRaisesGravesLiftsClothingsResurrectionDisplayThronesDiscourseCurtainsPedestalParablesRemission Author:Edward Thomson
“Country music as we know it would be vastly different if it weren't for George Jones. He's in our musical DNA. All country artists will have to figure out how to even begin to live up to his kind of legacy. 'Honky Tonk Heaven,' here he comes... though we're not ready to let go.” IfsKnowsKindDifferentCountryWould BeArtistHeavenFiguresReadyLetting GoMusicalLegacyDnaNot ReadyGeorge JonesTonksCountry Artist Author:Pam Tillis
“I would love to have the power to be the just eternally perfect husband so my wife would always be happy; that would take me to heaven if I could figure that one out.” IfsHeavenPerfectWifeFiguresHusbandMy WifeIf I CouldTake MeAlways Be HappyPerfect Husband Author:Robert Knepper