“I don't think we've got the gospel right yet. What does it mean to be 'saved'? When I read the Bible, I don't see it meaning, 'I'm going to heaven after I die.' Before modern evangelicalism nobody accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, or walked down an aisle, or said the sinner's prayer.” ThinkingMeanDoeSaidDiesJesusHeavenChristPrayerModernJesus ChristAcceptedSavedSinnerSaviorAisleGoing To Heaven Author:Brian D. McLaren
“All handling by IPCC of the Sea Level questions have been done in a way that cannot be accepted and that certainly not concur with modern knowledge of the mode and mechanism of sea level changes.” WayHas BeensDoneLevelsSeaModernAcceptedMechanismConcur Author:Nils-Axel Morner
“The pathfinders of modern thought did not derive what is good from the law. ... Their role in history was not that of adapting their words and actions to the text of old documents or generally accepted doctrines: they themselves created the documents and brought about the acceptance of their doctrines.” ActionLawRolesModernAcceptanceAcceptedDoctrineDocumentsAdaptingWords And Actions Book:Eclipse of Reason Source: Eclipse of Reason
“Kelsoism is not accepted by modern scientific economics as a valid and fruitful analysis of the distribution of income but rather it is regarded as an amateurish and cranky fad.” WisdomPoliticsEconomyModernEconomicsAcceptedIncomeAnalysisLiberalismDistributionFadsCranky Author:Paul Samuelson
“If it is finally accepted that the personality in whole or part survives death - and I believe that it will be - then such a belief will be considered as modern as a belief in spaceships and rockets.” IfsBelieveWholeBeliefI BelieveModernPersonalityAcceptedAfterlifeRocketsSpaceships Book:ESP Power Source: ESP Power
“How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry-between say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and chemical manufacturing? The difference seems to be only that in war the victimization of humans is directly intentional and in industry it is "accepted" as a "trade-off." Were the catastrophes of Love Canal, Bhopal, Chernobyl, and the Exxon Valdez episodes of war or of peace? They were in fact, peacetime acts of aggression, intentional to the extent that the risks were known and ignored.” HumansWarFactsSeemsDifferencesKnownRiskModernIndustryTradeEnvironmentalAcceptedChemicalsPollutionEpisodesAggressionWarfareIgnoredCatastropheManufacturingBombingMiningCanalsChernobylVictimizationTrade OffsModern WarChemical Warfare Author:Wendell Berry
“If the decline of Christianity created the modern political zealot - and his crimes - so the evaporation of religious faith among the educated left a vacuum in the minds of Western intellectuals easily filled by secular superstition. There is no other explanation for the credulity with which scientists, accustomed to evaluating evidence, and writers, whose whole function was to study and criticize society, accepted the crudest Stalinist propaganda at its face value. They needed to believe; they wanted to be duped.” IfsMindBelieveWholeWantedFacesPoliticalValuesLeftReligiousChristianityStudyModernCrimeNeededEvidenceScientistFunctionFilledWesternAcceptedEducatedPropagandaExplanationCriticizeDeclineSuperstitionsSecularAccustomedReligious FaithVacuumsCredulityZealotFace ValueEvaporation Author:Paul Johnson
“Pluralism and tolerance are pillars of modern society. That has to be accepted. But pluralism doesn't just mean diversity. It means that we share the same rules and values, and are still nevertheless different. Islam doesn't have this idea. And Islam also has no tradition of tolerance.” MeanStillsIdeasDifferentValuesShareModernDiversityTraditionIslamAcceptedToleranceNeverthelessPillarsModern SocietyPluralism Author:Bassam Tibi
“The modern susceptibility to conformity and obedience to authority indicates that the truth endorsed by authority is likely to be accepted as such by a majority of people, who are innately obedient to authority. This obedience-truth will then become a consensus-truth accepted by many individuals unable to stand alone against the majority. In this way, the truth promulgated by the propaganda system - however irrational - stands a good chance of becoming the consensus, and may come to seem self-evident common sense.” PeopleWayMaySelfSeemsIndividualChanceCommonModernBecomingAuthorityMajorityAcceptedCommon SenseObediencePropagandaConformityIrrationalEvidentConsensusObedientStand AloneGood ChanceSusceptibilityObedience To Authority Author:David Edward
“That decision to use basically all white models, reveals a trait that is unbecoming to modern society. It can no longer be accepted...” UseWhiteDecisionModernModelsAcceptedTraitsModern SocietyUnbecoming Author:Bethann Hardison
“A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.” ModernCivilizationAcceptedModern Civilization Author:Tahar Ben Jelloun
“Because the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn out to be a radical act, a challenge to accepted norms.” WellsMaySoulRunningValuesTurnsSocialChallengesModernConcernRootsCaringContraryAcceptedRadicalNormSocial LifeDeep Roots Author:Thomas More
“The idea that somehow people of African descent are not part of the same species as whites was accepted by European men of science in the early modern period.” PeopleMenIdeasModernPeriodsSpeciesAcceptedDescent Author:Manisha Sinha
“People think that, that conversion to Judaism is just a modern phenomenon. But there was an era in the late Roman Empire Judaism was not a proselytizing religion. It didn't go out looking for converts, but it accepted converts.” PeopleThinkingModernLateAcceptedConversionErasEmpiresPhenomenonJudaismRoman EmpireProselytizing Author:Susan Jacoby