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\u201c\u201cWhy has Jesus Christ so far not succeeded in inducing the world to follow His teachings in these matters? It is because He taught the idea without devising any practical means of attaining it. That is why I am pursuing a practical scheme to carry out His aims.\u201d \u2013 Woodrow Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u201cWhy has Jesus Christ so far not succeeded in inducing the world to follow His teachings in these matters? It is because He taught the idea without devising any practical means of attaining it. That is why I am pursuing a practical scheme to carry out His aims.\u201d \u2013 Woodrow Wilson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSecular Messianism: As American as Apple Pie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""\u201cWhy has Jesus Christ so far not succeeded in inducing the world to follow His teachings in these matters? 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