To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thin…

Soren Kierkegaard
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To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking him. ✨ Journals. Book by Soren Kierkegaard, Harper (1841), 1959.
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To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking him. ✨ Journals. Book by Soren Kierkegaard, Harper (1841), 1959.

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