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• Tertullian was born in Carthage somewhere about 160 A.
  D. He was a pagan, and he abandoned himself to the lascivious life of his city until about his 35th year, when he became a Christian ....
• Tertullian was born in Carthage somewhere about 160 A.
  D. He was a pagan, and he abandoned himself to the lascivious life of his city until about his 35th year, when he became a Christian....
• Credo, quia absurdum est." [I believe, because it is absurd.
  ] -- Tertullian (180?-230?), Roman lawyer, theologian and misogyni...
• I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute -- where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to ac
  and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote -- where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference -- and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him....
• Certum est quia impossibile est. [It is certain because it is impossible.
  ] -- Tertullian (160-240 AD) -- De Carne Christi, c. 5...
• I was walking across a bridge one day, and i saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off.
  o i ran over and said "stop! don't do it!" "Why shouldn't I?...
• The devout Jew was beside himself because his son had been dating a shiksa, so he went to visit his rabbi.
  The rabbi listened solemnly to his problem, took his hand, and said, "Pray to God....
• Since I've seen this *several* times in this group, the actual context of the God is dead quotation of Nietzsche
  The Madman. -- Have you ever heard of the madman who on a bright morning lighte d a lantern and ran to the market-place callin out unceasingly...