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• you see, God -- whatever anyone chooses to call God -- is one's highest conception of the highest possible.
  And whoever places his highest conception above his own possibility thinks very little of himself and his life....
• Quote #386 ObBibleStudy: "The heavens declare the glory of God
  the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day, they pour forth speech...
• Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Dying Christian to his Soul...
• Bart: Oooh, what's that? Otto: My very own idea for a comic book, little man.
  [unveils his conception of Busman, which bears a distinct resemblance to Otto despite some anatomically awesome features] It's about a dude who drives a school bus by day, but by night, fights vampires in a post-apocalyptic war zone!...
• Grimes: God, he eats like a pig. Lenny: I dunno.
  Pigs tend to chew. I'd say he eats more like a duck....
• WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• There are two jazz musicians who are great buddies.
  They hang out and play together for years, virtually inseparable....
• We may not be able to persuade Hindus that Jesus and not Vishnu should govern their spiritual horizo
  or Moslems that Lord Buddha is at the center of their spiritual universe, nor Hebrews that Mohammed is a major prohpet, nor Christians that Shinto best expresses their spiritual concerns, to say nothing of the fact that we may not be able to get Christians to agree among themselves about their relationship to God....
• We may not be able to persuade Hindus that Jesus and not Vishnu should govern their spiritual horizo
  or Moslems that Lord Buddha is at the center of their spiritual universe, nor Hebrews that Mohammed is a major prophet, nor Christians that Shinto best expresses their spiritual concerns, to say nothing of the fact that we may not be able to get Christians to agree among themselves about their relationship to God....