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1 " If priests—of all clans—were free of disease and immune to death, then there might be some basis for the claim of the religionists. But these " men of God" are victims of the natural course of life, " even as you and I." They enjoy no exemptions. They suffer the same ills; they feel the same sensations; they are subject to the same passions of the body, the same frailties of the mind, are victims of circumstances and misfortune, and they meet inevitable death just as every other person. They commit the same kind of crimes as other mortals, and especially, because of their " calling," many are notoriously involved in the embezzlement of church funds. Nor does their calling protect them from the " passions of the flesh." The scandalous conduct of many " men of the cloth," in the realm of moral turpitude, often ends in murder. That is why there are so many " men of God" in our jails, and why so many have paid the supreme penalty in the death chair.They are not free from a single rule of life; what others must endure, they likewise must experience. They cannot protect themselves from the forces of nature, and the laws of life, any more than you can. What they can do, you can do, too. Their claims of being " anointed" and " vicars of God" on earth are false and hypocritical.If they cannot fulfill their promises while you are alive, how can they accomplish them when you are dead? If they are impotent Here, where they could demonstrate their powers, how ridiculous are their promises to accomplish them in the " Hereafter," the mythical abode which exists only in their dishonest or deluded imagination? "
2 " It is important to be Intuitive at this time and allow the natural course to show you the way to the next step. "
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3 " As I look back, in many instances, I simply followed the natural course of things. And great things happened, mostly. But over time I realized they weren't necessarily great things for me. They were maybe someone else's great things, and I was both taking up the space that was meant for them and not standing in my own space, like wearing someone else's shoes, leaving them barefoot. "
― Shauna Niequist , Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
4 " In the natural course of events, the period when death is taking over a body is fairly brief. My grandfather (who had no medication) had about a fortnight of this period in his life. Today it can drag on for months or years. "
― Jennifer Worth , In the Midst of Life
5 " Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. "
― Adam Smith