Onward and Upward!
A North Carolina man, having bought several expensive cigars, insured them against… get this… fire. After he had smoked them, he then decided that he had a claim against the insurance company and filed. The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigar normally. The man sued. … Read more
Every year ga-zillions of visitors flock to the District of Columbia to soak up the majesty of the nation’s capitol. You’ll notice they stop frequently in heavy traffic to consult the map, hail taxicabs in the middle of the Teddy Roosevelt bridge, drop ice cream on the Metro and leave it there, form lines for … Read more
1. A few clowns short of a circus. 2. A few fries short of a Happy Meal. 3. An experiment in Artificial Stupidity. 4. A few beers short of a six-pack. 5. Dumber than a box of hair. 6. A few peas short of a casserole. 7. Doesn’t have all her Corn Flakes in one … Read more
[E]very mechanism that is characterized by extreme complexity and automatism, combined with a far-reaching range and unity, must inevitably conceal the originative mind from every intelligence that is far below its own capacity, and must therefore appear to such an intelligence as wholly “mindless”, although its real nature may be quite the reverse. —J. E. … Read more
Here we have not to do with the union of absorption, but with a union that grows out of reciprocal intercourse, a union of heart and will and intellect; and such a union is possible only between personal beings. Only the personality of God makes possible the union of communion with him. —Albert C. Knudson … Read more
Now and again a great religious teacher lays bare the secrets of his inmost spirit, less for the conviction of opponents than for the confirmation of kindred souls . . . —J. R. Illingworth (1894)
Sumerian legends locate the land of Paradise, where the gods first blessed mankind with manners of civilized life, in Dilmun on the shore of the Persian Gulf. —Harold Peake & Herbert John Fleure (1927)
Jesus did not demand that his followers believe in him or on him, but that they believe with him. —Walter E. Bundy (1928)
The gist of the matter is this: God, as conceived by Jesus, receives and forgives the sinner, not for the purity of heart and life he has actually attained, but for that which he penitently and faithfully strives to attain. —A. Campbell Garnett (1942)
You cannot put inward peace under a microscope. You cannot weigh a prayer. You cannot measure moral certainty. —Edwin Lewis (1931)