“RELIGION is one's opinion and belief in some ethical truth. To be a Christian is to have the religion of Christ, and so to be a believer of Mohammed is to be a Mohammedan but there are so many religions that every man seems to be a religion unto himself. No two persons think alike, even if they outwardly profess the same faith, so we have as many religions in Christianity as we have believers.” IfsThinkingMenPersonsTwoSeemsChristianBeliefChristChristianityOpinionBelieverEvery ManEthicalGodlyOpinions And Beliefs Book:Philosophy and opinions: Edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey Source: Philosophy and opinions: Edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey
“The people, the ultimate governors, must have absolute freedom of, and therefore privacy of, their individual opinions and beliefs regardless of how suspect or strange they may appear to others. Ancillary to that principle is the conclusion that an individual must also have absolute privacy over whatever information he may generate in the course of testing his opinions and beliefs.” PeopleMayCoursesIndividualBeliefOpinionPrinciplesInformationStrangeUltimateAbsolutesConclusionPrivacySuspectsGovernorsFreedom Of SpeechTestingAbsolute FreedomOpinions And Beliefs Author:William O. Douglas
“Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.” MindPersonsCertainBeliefOpinionMarkJustifyDislikeVulgarTransfersOpinions And Beliefs Author:John Lancaster Spalding
“Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God” ReasonFactsReligionReligiousExistenceOpinionAtheismAtheistSeatsAgnosticBoldnessChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateOur Founding FathersReligious BeliefHomageFreethinkerFounding Fathers ChristianGod ExistsUs Founding FathersFounding Fathers ReligionSeparation Between Church And StateExistence Of GodReligion GodFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFounding Fathers AtheistDeismChristianity From Founding FathersChristian AtheistReligion ChristianReligion And GovernmentAnti ChristianTribunalsGod DelusionFaith ReligionBlindfoldedFunny AtheistGreatest AtheistQuestioning BeliefsBlindfoldsOpinions And Beliefs Book:The Essential Jefferson Source: The Essential Jefferson