"For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?"

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The theme of religion is universal, yet Jesus Christ manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on religion often shapes our reality.

About Jesus Christ

Jesus, also known as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and by various other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader in the Roman province of Judaea. He is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion. Most branches of Christianity consider Jesus the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah or Christ. Accounts of Jesus's life are contained in the Gospels, especially the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament. Since the Enlightenment, academic research has produced various views on the historical reliability of the Gospels and the extent to which they reflect the historical Jesus, but virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically.

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"Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them."

— Jesus Christ
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"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

— Jesus Christ
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"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."

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"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you."

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"The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."

— Thomas Paine
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"The public schools tend to teach little kids from when they are very young about the whole universe without God and that God cannot be in science. They are indoctrinating children in an atheistic religious view of things."

— Ken Ham
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"One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity."

— George W. Bush
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"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."

— Alice Walker
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