“It is the great beauty of true religion that it shall be universal, and a departure in any instance from universality is a corruption of religion itself.” ReligionUniversalCorruptionInstanceDepartureTrue ReligionUniversality Author:Joseph Glanvill
“René of Anjou [(1409-80)] painted a picture of his mistress's corpse as he found it eaten by worms on having it [her tomb] openedon his return from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. This [is] another instance of the strange mixture of religion and gallantry in those ages.” AgeReligionFoundStrangeReturnInstanceWormsMixturesMistressCorpsesTombsJerusalemPilgrimageGallantry Author:Horace Walpole
“Without Christ, sciences in every department are vain....The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every branch of learning. Nay more, we may affirm this too with truth, that these choice gifts of God -- expertness of mind, acuteness of judgment, liberal sciences, and acquaintance with languages, are in a manner profaned in every instance in which they fall to the lot of wicked men.” KnowsMenShouldMindMayArtWisdomTruthAgeReligionChoicesFallLanguageChristKnowledgeLearningHonestyHe ManJudgmentInstanceVainBranchesWickedDepartmentAcquaintanceGift From GodWicked Man Author:John Calvin
“With modern technology and science, you can't find one instance in which an abortion would be needed to save a woman's life. There is no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing.” Would BeMotherReligionTechnologyModernNeededInstanceAbortionExceptionModern Technology Author:Joe Walsh
“The history of mankind is a history of the subjugation and exploitation of a great majority of people by an elite few by what has been appropriately termed the 'ruling class'. The ruling class has many manifestations. It can take the form of a religious orthodoxy, a monarchy, a dictatorship of the proletariat, outright fascism, or, in the case of the United States, corporate statism. In each instance the ruling class relies on academics, scholars and 'experts' to legitimize and provide moral authority for its hegemony over the masses.” PeopleHas BeensStatesFormReligionReligiousUnitedMoralClassCasesUnited StatesMankindAuthorityMassMajorityInstanceCorporateManifestationExpertsRelyFascismElitesScholarDictatorshipExploitationRulingMonarchyOrthodoxyProletariatHegemonySubjugationMoral Authority Author:Ed Crane
“I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.” PeopleMindReligionAtheismSacredInstanceIrreverent Book:Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)