“A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the discussion is complicated by the fact that many eminent servants of humanity have been nominal Christians, of one or other of the sects. My allegation will be that the special services rendered to human progress by these exceptional men have not been in consequence of their adhesion to Christianity, but in spite of it, and that the specific points of advantage to human kind have been in ratio of their direct opposition to precise Biblical enactments.” MenWorldHumansKindHas BeensFactsChristianHumanityChristianityTakenProgressAtheismSpecialCivilizationConsequenceAdvantageDirectComplicatedPositive AtheismDuesDiscussionServantSpiteOppositionBiblicalPreciseTheologianExceptionalSectsRatiosHuman ProgressAllegations Book:Has Humanity Gained from Unbelief?: Two Nights Debate Between Marsden Gibson and Charles Bradlaugh at Newcastle-on-Tyne Source: Has Humanity Gained from Unbelief?: Two Nights Debate Between Marsden Gibson and Charles Bradlaugh at Newcastle-on-Tyne
“... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning for stable values... When conservative Christian groups talk of failures in our educational system, the erosion of our moral standards, and the waste of young lives, they are addressing real and legitimate concerns... Among secularists, the aversion toward discussion of moral values, let alone religion, can reach absurd extremes.” RealChristianYoungValuesReligiousMoralClearGroupsWasteStandardsConcernHungerConservativeEducationalExtremesAbsurdDiscussionOur SocietyYearningStableAlarmsRespondingAversionEducational SystemMoral ValuesErosionYoung Life Author:Norman Lear
“Many school administrators are so cautious that they have erroneously erased all traces of religion. Some have run roughshod over teachers. Others have attempted to squelch all discussion of religion.” RunningSchoolChristianReligiousTeacherDiscussionCautiousAdministrators Author:Mathew Staver