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... Holy Ghosts , and made love to the beautiful daughters of men . Some were married — all ought to have been — and some were considered as old bachelors from all eternity . Some had children , and the children were turned into gods and ...
... Holy Ghosts , and made love to the beautiful daughters of men . Some were married — all ought to have been — and some were considered as old bachelors from all eternity . Some had children , and the children were turned into gods and ...
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... Holy Bible , and you will be amazed that you ever , for one moment , supposed a being of infinite wisdom , goodness and purity , to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity . Our ancestors not only had their god - factories ...
... Holy Bible , and you will be amazed that you ever , for one moment , supposed a being of infinite wisdom , goodness and purity , to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity . Our ancestors not only had their god - factories ...
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... holy city and setteth him upon a pinnacle of the temple and saith unto him : ' If thou be the son of God , cast thyself down ; for it is written , He shall give his angels charge concerning thee , lest at any time thou shalt dash thy ...
... holy city and setteth him upon a pinnacle of the temple and saith unto him : ' If thou be the son of God , cast thyself down ; for it is written , He shall give his angels charge concerning thee , lest at any time thou shalt dash thy ...
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... holy life , com- manded but little respect , unless accompanied by power to work miracles and command spirits . This belief in good and evil powers had its origin in the fact that man was surrounded by what he was pleased to call good ...
... holy life , com- manded but little respect , unless accompanied by power to work miracles and command spirits . This belief in good and evil powers had its origin in the fact that man was surrounded by what he was pleased to call good ...
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... holy day and that most solemn event . These religious people see nothing but design everywhere , and personal , intelligent interference in everything . They insist that the universe has been created , and that the adaptation of means ...
... holy day and that most solemn event . These religious people see nothing but design everywhere , and personal , intelligent interference in everything . They insist that the universe has been created , and that the adaptation of means ...
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Page 20 - And the woman said unto, the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 486 - For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned : but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Page 464 - And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life ? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good ? there is none good but one, that is, God : but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Page 126 - These are the times that try men's souls : The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 482 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Page 21 - So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Page 20 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree -of life, and eat, and live for ever...