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The great achievement of liberal protestantism was to make god boring.
-H. L. Mencken
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The Great Achievement Of Liberal Protestantism Was

H. L. Mencken
The great achievement of liberal protestantism was to make god boring.
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When catholicism goes bad it becomes the world-old, world-wide religio of amulets and holy places and priestcraft. protestantism,in its corresponding decay, becomes a vague mist of ethical platitudes. catholicism is accused of being too much like all the other religions; protestantism of being insufficiently like a religion at all. hence plato, with his transcendent forms, is the doctor of protestants; aristotle, with his immanent forms, the doctor of catholics.
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What is sin? it is the glory of god not honored. the holiness of god not reverenced. the greatness of god not admired. the power of god not praised. the truth of god not sought. the wisdom of god not esteemed. the beauty of god not treasured. the goodness of god not savored. the faithfulness of god not trusted. the commandments of god not obeyed. the justice of god not respected. the wrath of god not feared. the grace of god not cherished. the presence of god not prized. the person of god not loved. that is sin.
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