""The only reason some of us are not exiled or thrown into prison is simply because we do not preach as fervently and as sternly as did Paul, John, Peter R.A. Torrey and others. This modern "santa claus" religion that is sweeping country today is not the religion Jesus taught and John practiced.""

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Source : Oliver B. Greene (2015). “The Revelation: Verse by Verse Study”, p.25, Ravenio Books

Oliver B. Greene

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“[I find it] impossible [to imagine] that a nation which is grounded in Judaeo-Christian principles would somehow select someone [for President] who would repudiate those principles.”
“On Girls I like being a mouthpiece for the issues I think young females face today. Itâ€™s always shocking when people question whether itâ€™s a feminist show. How could a show about women exploring women not be? Feminism isnâ€™t a dirty word. Itâ€™s not like weâ€™re a deranged group who think women should take over the planet, raise our young on our own and eliminate men from the picture. Feminism is about women having all the rights that men have.”
“Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch, or pulling aside a bearskin rug in order to access a hidden trapdoor in the floor, is merely a quiet way to spend one's time before the candles are extinguished on one's birthday cake.”
“Well, my father's people were Mormon, and had immigrated not long after Brigham Young had settled Utah.”
“The point is there ain't no point.”
“Our real reality is beyond the five senses.”
“I didn't expect a knife, though. Is it the one missing from the kitchen?" "Did Rand report it?" I felt betrayed. Why hadn't he just asked for it back? "No. It just makes sense to keep track of large kitchen knives, so when one goes missing you're not surprised when someone attacks you with it.”
“Play me something that makes me feel; This soul inside me is made of steel. Brain is breathing, but heartâ€™s not beating And, babe, I need you to make things real. Walk inside me without silence, Kill the past and change the tense. Empty gnawing and the ache is soaring; Take me places that make more sense.”

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