“To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.” The following statement is the epitome of the deceptive nature of Judeo-Christian ideals. The statement is commanding and restrictive, not allowing the reader to from their own thoughts. It also demonstrates people’s tendency to discount ideas of religion, telling us that religious beliefs are only strengthened by external influences, and not by one natural free opinions.
My thesis is that Christianity contradicts all that is natural in the w
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