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²⁰For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks). So [men] are without excuse [altogether without any defense or justification],²¹Because when they knew and recognized Him as God, they did not honor and glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. But instead they became futile and ^[c]godless in their thinking [with vain imaginings, foolish reasoning, and stupid speculations] and their senseless minds were darkened.²²Claiming to be wise, they became fools [professing to be smart, they made simpletons of themselves].
Romans 1

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Joannywhite

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Give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus
1 Thessalonians 5:18

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ash92:)

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مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَمَن يُؤْمِن بِاللَّهِ يَهْدِ قَلْبَهُ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
No affliction comes about but by Allah’s permission; and whoever believes in Allah, He guides aright his heart; and Allah is Cognizant of all things.
[Quran 64:11]

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Marco1

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“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
― Gloria Steinem

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
― Flannery O'Connor

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OP

If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.

We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

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OP

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

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OP

When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone, but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when its full-grown, gives birth to death.

Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not o what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away ad immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it- not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it - they will be blessed in what they do.

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

~ James 1 (NIV version)

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OP

Titus 3

Avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless. Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.

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string56

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Original post by tumshie

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?:

Epicurus

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That quote always resonates in my mind.

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ChaoticButterfly

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We plough and sow—we're so very, very low
That we delve in the dirty clay,
Till we bless the plain—with the golden grain,
And the vale with the fragrant hay.
Our place we know—we're so very low.
'Tis down at the landlord's feet:
We're not too low—the bread to grow,
But too low the bread to eat

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dozyrosie

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“Wherever bibliolatry has prevailed, bigotry and cruelty have accompanied it.
For those who look upon ignorance as one of the chief sources of evil; and hold veracity, not merely in act but in thought, to be the one condition of true progress, whether moral or intellectual, it is clear that the biblical idol must go the way of all other idols.”

Thomas Henry Huxley

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nucdev

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Original post by dozyrosie

“Wherever bibliolatry has prevailed, bigotry and cruelty have accompanied it.
For those who look upon ignorance as one of the chief sources of evil; and hold veracity, not merely in act but in thought, to be the one condition of true progress, whether moral or intellectual, it is clear that the biblical idol must go the way of all other idols.”

Thomas Henry Huxley

Similar to this one which goes even further!

"....... Thus the books are not to be depended upon and book-worship is the worst kind of idolatry to bind our feet.

All has to conform to the book — science, religion, philosophy; it is the most horrible tyranny, this tyranny of the Protestant Bible.

Every man in Christian countries has a huge cathedral on his head and on top of that a book, and yet man lives and grows! Does this not prove that man is God?"

- Swami Vivekananda

(man is just used to mean humans in general - not the gender!)

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dozyrosie

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Original post by nucdev

Similar to this one which goes even further!

"....... Thus the books are not to be depended upon and book-worship is the worst kind of idolatry to bind our feet.

All has to conform to the book — science, religion, philosophy; it is the most horrible tyranny, this tyranny of the Protestant Bible.

Every man in Christian countries has a huge cathedral on his head and on top of that a book, and yet man lives and grows! Does this not prove that man is God?"

- Swami Vivekananda

(man is just used to mean humans in general - not the gender!)

Telling it like it is.

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Ephesians 2:8-9

For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.

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TheIsotope

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Lovely advice
"And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend." - Surat fussilat 41:34

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Psalm 37:4-7

4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this:

6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.

7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

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Phillipians 4 v 4

4Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

5Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near.…

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Psalm 100

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

We naturally give praise, even if we don't know God we praise him when we admire his handiwork like a field full of wild flowers and butterflies.

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