Much is written about Americans’ freedoms of speech, of association, of religion. … John Adams wrote, “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion…
The industry, as a whole, found religion, cleaned up their act, turned over a new leaf and got rid of the rascals. … I have spent two decades listening and watching these heathens quote us their form of religion, believin’ in deceivin’, and simply…
that he had discerned the laws of social physics, he said that the coming of modernity -- the rise of science and the retreat of religion … under the rationality of market societies -- would mean that preindustrial factors such as religion and ethnicity would lose their…
That provision of the First Amendment says that Congress cannot establish a national religion. … Sandra Day O’Connor was one of the few judges who blended both schools of thought, almost always making her the swing vote in religion … It is a conservative-leaning moderate test that’s often far friendlier to religion.…
Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit -- for instance … We can't disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism."…
that the very fame of it was an efficient instrument in the
hands of the Spirit of God in promoting the greatest revival of
religion … This is
unparalleled in the history of the church, and of the progress of
religion."…
The French not only declared war on the monarchy, they also attacked Christianity, replacing it with a religion of the state, introducing … And don’t even get me started on his next bestseller, The Age Of Reason; a rant against revealed religion. … In his perfect democracy, only the state religion is permitted, slavery is restored, and the individual is told that he has really…
As he put it, "Religion and democracy simply do not go together. … Religion on the other hand is based on virtually blind obedience to its priests. … Here, not only did Golan expose his ignorance of basic Judaism - a religion founded on deliberation, debate and rebellion against arbitrary…
As my friend Joe Grieboski, head of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy said, "It is almost as if the French Government has … made it a mandate to eliminate religion from the public sphere.…
The geneticist is causing "unease," according to the Times, because of "his very public embrace of religion." … Harris intoned: "Religion and genetic research have long had a fraught relationship, and some in the field complain about what they … A quarter of all Americans identify themselves as evangelical Christians and "publicly embrace their religion."…
government, George Washington declared in his farewell address, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion … being piled on your children while leftist organizations like Planned Parenthood and ACORN receive your tax dollars; and that your religion…
