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then stop doing it ping brain




strawberry wrote:
> On Jan 11, 1:36 pm, Jerry G <wh...@whereami.com> wrote:
>> Flooding a forum with religious propaganda that is not related to the
>> purpose of the forum will win NO converts, but will alienate the
>> readers of the forum.
>>
>> doane_nut wrote:
>>> be capable of convincing an infidel who will say the same
>>> of himself. But those who know the proofs of religion will prove
>>> without difficulty that such a believer is truly inspired by God,
>>> though he cannot prove it himself.
>>
>>> For God having said in His prophecies (which are undoubtedly
>>> prophecies) that in the reign of Jesus Christ He would spread His
>>> spirit abroad among nations, and that the youths and maidens and
>>> children of the Church would prophesy; it is certain that the
>>> Spirit of God is in these and not in the others.
>>
>>> 288. Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will
>>> give Him thanks for not having revealed so much of Himself; and you
>>> will also give Him thanks for not having revealed Himself to
>>> haughty sages, unworthy to know so holy a God.
>>
>>> Two kinds of persons know Him: those who have a humble heart, and
>>> who love lowliness, whatever kind of intellect they may have, high
>>> or low; and those who have sufficient understanding to see the
>>> truth, whatever opposition they may have to it.
>>
>>> 289. Proof.--1. The Christian religion, by its establishment, having
>>> established itself so strongly, so gently, whilst so contrary to
>>> nature. 2. The sanctity, the dignity, and the humility of a
>>> Christian soul. 3. The miracles of Holy Scripture. 4. Jesus Christ
>>> in particular. 5. The apostles in particular. 6. Moses and the
>>> prophets in particular. 7. The Jewish people. 8. The prophecies. 9.
>>> Perpetuity; no religion has perpetuity. 10. The doctrine which
>>> gives a reason for everything. 11. The sanctity of this law. 12. By
>>> the course of the world.
>>
>>> Surely, after considering what is life and what is religion, we
>>> should not refuse to obey the inclination
>
> What's particularly disturbing is that I didn't write that!