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As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.
As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.
Approximate author period: c. 1978 AD · modern
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- R.C. Sproul
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- Approximate author period: c. 1978 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for R. C. Sproul: life dates 1939 to 2017. Wikidata Q939038, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939038 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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