“Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion by the state or by the church. All people must be equal--believers, skeptics, disbelievers, atheists, and those who chose religion. Unless we are all deemed equal, and unless the morality of disbelief is deemed the equivalent of the morality of belief, we will simply be tolerated, and that is not the American way.” PeopleWayStatesTogetherBeliefChurchMoralityEqualAtheistBelieverDisbeliefSkepticImpositionNon BelieverDisbelievers Author:Alan Dershowitz
“There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had selected, and by equal laws which it had framed.” PeopleStatesLawChurchKingsEqualGravesBishopsSelectedFramedMagistrates Book:The Works of Rufus Choate, with a Memoir of His Life: Memoir. Lectures and addresses Source: The Works of Rufus Choate, with a Memoir of His Life: Memoir. Lectures and addresses
“Of all the differences between the Old World and the New, this is perhaps the most salient. Half the wars of Europe, half the internal troubles that have vexed European States... have arisen from theological differences or from the rival claims of Church and State. This whole vast chapter of debate and strife has remained virtually unopened in the United States. There is no Established Church. All religious bodies are equal before the law, and unrecognized by the law, except as voluntary associations of private citizens.” WorldWarStatesWholeBodyLawDifferencesChurchReligiousUnitedHalfUnited StatesTroubleAtheismCitizensEqualEuropeClaimsPositive AtheismDebateInternalsAssociationChaptersStrifeRivalsChurch And StateTheologicalOld World Author:James Bryce
“As in 1925, creationists are not battling for religion. They have been disowned by leading church men of all persuasions, for they debase religion even more than they misconstrue science. They are a motley collection to be sure, but their core of practical support lies with the evangelical right, and creationism is a mere stalking horse or subsidiary issue in a political program...The enemy is not fundamentalism; it is intolerance. In this case, the intolerance is perverse since it masquerades under the 'liberal' rhetoric of 'equal time'.” MenHas BeensPoliticalLyingReligionChurchEnemyCasesSupportIssuesEqualProgramHorseMereCorePracticalsCollectionsIntoleranceRhetoricFundamentalismPersuasionStalkingEvangelicalCreationismMasquerade Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“The minister should preach as if he felt that although the congregation own the church, and have bought the pews, they have not bought him. His soul is worth no more than any other man's, but it is all he has, and he cannot be expected to sell it for a salary. The terms are by no means equal. If a parishioner does not like the preaching, he can go elsewhere and get another pew, but the preacher cannot get another soul.” IfsMenShouldMeanDoeSoulFeltTermChurchEqualSellsExpectedMinistersElsewherePreacherPreachingSalaryCongregation Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much rather go to hell - than go to a homophobic heaven.” WisdomCertainReligionPoliticsHeavenCommunityLeadershipChurchJusticeClassHellEqualEthicsHuman RightsSeparationIdeologyEqual RightsCivilityDisobedienceChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateCivil DisobedienceGo To HellHomophobic Author:Desmond Tutu
“Next to an old-fashioned church social, or possibly a monster bridge party, there is no buzz which can equal the sibilant buzz ofa matinée.” NextActorsSocialChurchPartyActingEqualMonstersBridgesOld FashionedBuzz Author:Robert Benchley