Temptation lies in our environment, that is, in all that surrounds us or may surround us... But it is our own desires that make the environment dangerous; and some people seem to find it easier to follow bad examples than good ones.
- Dearmer
It would be hypocritical to pray, for God’s name to be hallowed... his perfect will to be done, if we thought that all the time the world was growing worse. No! our Lord told us so to pray because he knew the world was growing better.
- Dearmer
@dropoutmystic Its not even true either lol theres no historical evidence of such gates in Jerusalem or surrounding cities until the medieval period
There is historical evidence of “[X] going through the eye of a needle” being a known saying, however.
"The word debt reminds us that when we do wrong, we owe a debt to God; and also to our better selves, because we hurt ourselves; which is another serious thought, to the whole world, because when we do wrong we hurt other people, we help to make everyone else worse."
- Dearmer
"When people say, “You must trust in the atoning blood of Jesus, if you wish to be forgiven,’ they are teaching something which Jesus never taught. When other people say, “You must go to confession... if you wish to be forgiven, they are teaching something Jesus never taught."
@DeoVindiceXIV@Miserreich2 Because the only good Angloids are Anglo-Irish and as we all know the Gael has the dominant gene and thus they might as well not be Anglo