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— Joseph Butler"Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?"
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Yes, it is the precepts of men versus the revealed word of God. The more we follow the word of God the less we are deceived, while those who follow the wisdom of men are deceived the most.
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