“Religious education is only valuable intellectually, if the child is educated in a religion versus [just] about a religion. I don't believe you can have both.” IfsBelieveChildrenReligionWomenReligiousDon't BelieveValuableEducatedVersusBelieve You CanI Don't Believe YouReligious Education Author:Susan Jacoby
“If during the Reformation you were a Catholic who lived in a part of Germany in which Lutheranism was the ascendant religion and the ruler of the province or the region was Lutheran, to stay a Catholic, you either had to be a dissenter or you had to leave.” IfsCatholicGermanyRegionsRulersReformationProvincesLutherans Author:Susan Jacoby
“If you chose a particular religion, you were siding with the government religion of whatever region you were in. That's never been true in America, but also, the United States also has so many more immigrant groups which also tends to imply more religious diversity right away.” IfsStatesGovernmentAmericaReligiousUnitedUnited StatesGroupsParticularDiversityRegionsImmigrantsReligious DiversitySiding Author:Susan Jacoby
“I completely can't understand people of different faiths who say that their children will choose when they grow up. I think that if you believe in a religion, most people believe that it's right.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveChildrenDifferentGrowsGrowing UpIf You BelieveDifferent Faiths Author:Susan Jacoby
“If you believe in what I do, which is secular humanism, I would find it extremely difficult to live with someone - not to love someone - but to live with somebody and build a life of someone who disagreed with me on something so fundamental.” IfsBelieveDifficultFundamentalsHumanismSecularLove SomeoneIf You BelieveSecular Humanism Author:Susan Jacoby
“If enough money is involved and enough people believe that two plus two equals five the media will report the story with a straight face always adding a qualifying paragraph noting that mathematicians however say that two plus two still equals four.” PeopleIfsBelieveStillsTwoEnoughStoriesFacesFiveFourMediaInvolvedReportsPlusMathematicianParagraphQualifyingStraight Face Author:Susan Jacoby
“Too many Americans have twisted the sensible right to pursue happiness into the delusion that we are entitled to a guarantee of happiness. If we don't get exactly what we want, we assume someone must be violating our rights. We're no longer willing to write off some of life's disappointments to simple bad luck.” IfsWantWritingAmericaSimpleRightsWillingLuckAssumingDisappointmentPursueGuaranteesDelusionSensibleEntitledTwistedBad Luck Author:Susan Jacoby
