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... arguments and
which cannot fail to keep ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to
keep a man in everlasting ignorance
-- that principle is contempt prior to investigation." -- Herbert Spencer
2.
... arguments, but
happily our friends of the ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
These were plausible arguments, but happily our friends of the writing profession disagreed
with them.
3.
... arguments, thinking
we believe this universe needs ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We read wordy books and indulge in windy arguments, thinking we believe this
universe needs no God to explain it.
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