I try to only use the Bible if it's a question specific to Christian belief -- since, at the very least, all Christians, almost by definition, take the teachings of the Bible very seriously, there's no better place to look if you want to know what Christians believe. If it's a more general question I'll try to use the methods of philosophy, at least if I think it's a question philosophy can answer.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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