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Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on God's mercy and His love for men. Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.
Both angels and demons are ignorant of the future, yet they make predictions. The angels do so when God reveals the future to them and commands them to prophesy, and what they prophesy comes to pass. Demons also make predictions, but these are only guesses based on what they see from afar.
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win, because it works.
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
A proverb is a short, pithy saying that expresses a traditionally held truth or piece of advice, based on common sense or experience.