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“Relativism poses as freedom but it is just another form of tyranny: You must believe that all religions are equal because we say they are. You must agree with us that everything is relative, or we will punish you.” BelieveFormEqualAgreeTyrannyRelativeRelativism Author:Jeffrey Burton Russell
“Every sign of gratitude is a sign of hope” Gratitude Book:Paradise Mislaid: How We Lost Heaven and How We Can Regain It Source: Paradise Mislaid: How We Lost Heaven and How We Can Regain It
“It must first be reiterated that with extraordinary few exceptions no educated person in the history of Western Civilization from the third century B.C. onward believed that the earth was flat” FirstsPersonsEarthCenturyCivilizationThirdsWesternExtraordinaryEducatedExceptionFlatsWestern CivilizationEducated Person Author:Jeffrey Burton Russell
“If it were true that Christianity and science were incompatible, there would be no Christians who were respected scientists. If fact, about forty percent of professional natural scientists are practicing Christians, and many others are theists of other kinds. Fewer than thirty percent are atheists.” IfsKindFactsWould BeChristianNaturalChristianityAtheismPercentScientistAtheistThirtyFortyFewerTheist Author:Jeffrey Burton Russell