The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Woodrow Wilson
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  2. Today everybody admits that something is wrong with the world, and the critics of Christianity are the very people who feel this most. The most violent attacks on religion come from those who are most anxious to change the world, and they attack Christianity because...

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