So Close!

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So Close!
...And Yet So Far?
Part 1 "Don't All Religions Lead To God?"
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The problem with religion for many of my
generation is that we are constantly looking for
fulfillment. It is as if we have grown malformed
with a piece, a very small piece, yet an
integral piece, missing. Jana Novak,
20-something author
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How wrong are those men who live unconcerned to
seek the truth of something of such ultimate
importance to them, and effecting them so
closely. Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
Mathematician
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For a single purpose were the prophets, each and
all, sent down to earth for this was Christ made
manifest for all the prophets of God abide in
the same tabernacle, soar in the same heaven, are
seated upon the same throne, utter the same
speech, and proclaim the same Faith. The
Bahaullah
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Truth is the cry of all, but the game of the
few. George Berkeley
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Student There is no such thing as absolute
truth. Teacher Do you really believe that to
be true? Student Absolutely.
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I think, therefore I am. Descartes I yearn
for meaning, therefore God is. Dean C.
Halverson
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There is only one true religion but there
can be many different kinds of belief.
Immanuel Kant
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Student What is true for one person isnt
necessarily true for everyone else. Teacher
Who do you think that truth applies
to? Student Everyone.
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Religion is the opium of the people. Karl
Marx
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical
belief in the occurrence of the impossible.
H.L. Mencken
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Religion is an illusion. Sigmund Freud
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Student I dont think we can choose a religion
based on reason, but only on personal
feelings. Teacher What leads you to feel that
way? Student I have my reasons.
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I am still an atheist, thank God. Luis
Bunuel
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One religion is as true as another.
Robert Burton
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Student I think all religions are
true. Teacher Does that include those
religions that teach other religions are
false? Student Ummm
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Men will wrangle for religion write for it
fight for it anything but live for it.
Charles Caleb Colton
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My dear child, you must believe in God, in
spite of what the clergy tell you. Benjamin
Jowett
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We have just enough religion to make us hate,
but not enough to make us love one another.
Jonathan Swift
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The Christian ideal has not been tried and
found wanting. It has been found difficult and
left untried. G.K. Chesterton
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My whole heart strains to know what the true
good is in order to pursue it no price would be
too high to pay for eternity. Blaise Pascal
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The truth will set you free. Jesus of
Nazareth, John 832
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those who by their wickedness suppress the
truth. The Apostle Paul, Romans 118 (NRSV)
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Complimentary Beliefs Contradictory
Beliefs A is true. A is true. B is
true. Not A is true.
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There is no longer Jew or Greek there is no
longer slave or free there is no longer male and
female for all of you are one in Christ
Jesus. Galatians 328 (NRSV)
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Enter through the narrow gate for the gate is
wide and the road is easy that leads to
destruction, and there are many who take it. For
the gate is narrow and the road is hard that
leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Jesus, Matthew 713-14 (NRSV)
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Belief
Truth
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I am the way, and the truth, and the life no
one comes to the Father but through me.
Jesus, John 146 (NASB)
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Salvation is found in no one else, for there is
no other name under heaven given to us by which
we must be saved. The Apostle Peter, Acts
412 (NIVi)
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Always be prepared to give an answer to
everyone who asks you to give the reason for the
hope that you have. But do this with gentleness
and respect. The Apostle Peter, 1 Peter315
(NIV)
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For the wages of sin is death, but the free
gift of God is life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Apostle Paul, Romans 623 (NASB)
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So Close!
...And Yet So Far?
Part 1 "Don't All Religions Lead To God?"
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