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The Kingdom of God is Within You / Christianity and Patriotism / Miscellanies

Christianity Not as a Mystical Teaching but as a New Concept of Life And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John viii. 23). And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell (Matt. x. 28). Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men (1. Cor. vii. 23). In the year 1884 I wrote a book under the title, My Religion. In this book I really expounded what my religion is. In expounding my belief in Christ's teaching, I could not help but express the reason why I do not believe in the ecclesiastic faith, which is generally called Christianity, and why I consider it to be a delusion.
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