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" Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you. "
Douglas Coupland
Sometimes
Failure
You
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" During my sojourn in ironclad atheism, the primary arsenal leveled against Christianity had been its failure on empirical grounds. Surely, enlightened reason offered a more coherent cosmos. Surely, Occam's razor cut the faithful free from blind faith. There is no proof of God; therefore, it is unreasonable to believe in God. "
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Think
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