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Old Testament
«If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow»
Author: Steve Allen
(Actor, Comic, Composer, Writer)
| Keywords:
capital, capital punishment, in the United States, Old Testament, reliable, testament, the matter
«The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief-call it what you will-than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.»
Author: A. A. Milne
(Humorist)
| About:
Atheism,
Christianity,
Religion
| Keywords:
agnosticism, atheism, bicycle, Bicycles, cinema, disbelief, emptied, golf, golf course, motor, motoring, motors, Old Course, Old Testament, responsible for, testament
«Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Adversity,
Prosperity
| Keywords:
Old Testament, testament
«Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.»
Author: Joseph Campbell
(Author, Editor, Philosopher, Teacher)
| About:
Computers,
Funny
| Keywords:
Computers, gods, lots, mercy, No Mercy, Old Testament, rules, testament, testaments
«A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy»
Author: Joseph Campbell
(Author, Editor, Philosopher, Teacher)
| About:
Computers,
Technology
| Keywords:
computer, mercy, No Mercy, Old Testament, testament, testaments
«God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New - the Jekyll and Hyde of sacred romance»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
atrocious, attractive, Jekyll and Hyde, New Gods, Old Testament, romance, sacred, testament, testaments, The New
«The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of the future»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
| About:
Religion
| Keywords:
describes, Old Testament, testament, testaments, The New
«If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane.»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
| Keywords:
criminal, follow, insane, New Man, Old Testament, strictly, teachings, testament, testaments, The Criminals, The New
«Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the most detestable government that ever existed, except the one from which it was copied»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
| About:
Government,
Religion
| Keywords:
Calvin, copied, detestable, erecting, existed, modeled, Old Testament, succeeded, testament, theocracy
«But there is not a passage in the Old Testament that speaks of a person, who, after being crucified, dead, and buried, should rise from the dead, and ascend into heaven»
Author: Thomas Paine
(Writer)
| About:
Religion
| Keywords:
ascend, ascends, buried, buries, burying, crucified, crucifying, dead person, old person, Old Testament, passage, speaks, testament, testaments, The Dead