Religion might be a private choice, but should it be a secret one, too, even for leaders? … The Framers were seeking to guarantee a freedom of religion, not a freedom from religion. … But the religion I mean to recommend in this place is that of the New Testament."…
The French Enlightenment, with its worship of Reason is a prime example of this kind of religion. … Hence, modern dictionaries include definitions relating religion to impersonal principles rather than persons. … Meaning “religion” in only this broad, even purely metaphorical sense, the atheist may bristle at the notion that his “religion” entails…
The fact that he has managed to become a best-selling author by promoting himself as the fellow who thinks religion is a terrible thing … I’m not suggesting he’s not entitled to his opinion, but why on earth does anybody care what Hitchens thinks about religion?…
religious right has become less influential and less triumphalistic over the last several years -- and that this is positive for religion … John Green, a polling expert at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, qualifies the Newsweek findings in several ways: … seem positively theological in their proselytizing zeal), the unaffiliated include deeply religious people who distrust organized religion…
Those who say they have no religion have doubled as a share of the nation from 8 to 16 percent. … For secularism has become the established religion of the American state and judges are the high priests of the new order.…
WASHINGTON -- Religion has often unintentionally enabled scientific skepticism. … Neurobiology helps explain religion; it does not explain it away. … Without such beliefs, religion is mere meditation.…
decided the most appropriate way to mark the anniversary of Jesus' death was to trumpet the end of the influence in America of the religion … Since 1990, according to American Religious Identification Survey 2008, Americans who say they have no religion jumped from 8 percent … One out of 10 people with no religion attend church at least once a month, and a similar proportion say they firmly believe Jesus is…
Contrary to what most secular Americans fear, most Christians want nothing to do with a government-endorsed religion. … and civil society: “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion … affirmed the importance of Christianity: “Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion…
Christianity wasn’t the state’s declared religion, but our framers clearly stated that Christ and Moses were where this bad boy came … “The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom … Whoever believes in the Divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the…
