“As the dominant social ethic changed from a religious to a secular one, the problem of heresy disappeared, and the problem of madness arose and became of great social significance. In the next chapter I shall examine the creation of social deviants, and shall show that as formerly priests had manufactured heretics, so physicians, as the new guardians of social conduct and morality, began to manufacture madmen.” ShowsProblemNextSocialReligiousCreationChangedMoralityEthicsMadnessPriestsSignificanceChaptersSecularPhysiciansDominantGuardianHeresyMadmenHereticDeviantsNext Chapter Author:Thomas Szasz
“I myself am not comfortable with the notion of secularists congregating in groups, except perhaps for defensive purposes: the last thing a secularist should wish to do is to act like a religion, with its rigid hierarchies, its suppression of divergent opinion, and, above all, its ruthless attempts (now mercifully inhibited by laws) to outlaw "heresy" by brute force. Opinions must be changed, one at a time if necessary, but if there are those who wish to persist in religious belief, they should certainly be allowed to do so.” IfsShouldLastsLawPurposeBeliefForceWishReligiousOpinionGroupsAtheismChangedComfortableNotionPositive AtheismPersistHierarchyRuthlessBrutesHeresyReligious BeliefDivergentSuppressionOutlawBrute Force Author:S. T. Joshi
“I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years.” ThinkingYearsCountryReligiousChangedMoralityFundamentalsDiverse Author:Larry Hagman
“Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don't count for much if they're not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice - not just on paper. Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.” IfsStillsCareLawPoliticalBeliefReligiousHalfPracticeCuttingRightsChangedSafePaperResourcesRateCriticalAccessHealth CareCodeMortalityDeniedChildbirthReligious BeliefPolitical WillReproductive Health Author:Hillary Clinton
“Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.” LawPoliticalBeliefReligiousChangedResourcesCodeReligious BeliefPolitical WillReproductive Health Author:Hillary Clinton
“It is with a rush of home-sickness that the thought of death presents itself.... Such sentiment is the eternal stock of all religions, modified indeed by changes of time and place, but indestructible, because its root is so deep in the earth of man's nature. The breath of religious initiators passes over them; a few "rise up with wings as eagles" [Isaiah 40:31], but the broad level of religious life is not permanently changed. Religious progress, like all purely spiritual progress, is confined to a few.” MenHomeEarthSpiritualLife IsDeathReligionReligiousLevelsProgressChangedEternalRootsBreathsWingsSicknessSentimentsBroadsEaglesConfinedHomesicknessIndestructibleReligious LifeSpiritual ProgressThoughts Of Death Author:Walter Pater
“The Court abandoned the traditional constitutional meaning of 'religion' as a single denomination or system of worship and instead substituted a new 'modern' concept which even now remains vague and nebulous, having changed several times in recent years.” YearsChristianReligiousModernChangedWorshipConceptsRemainsCourtTraditionalAbandonedVagueDenominations Book:Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion Source: Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion
“... demanding a separation between church and state isn't enough; the churches' basic doctrines must be changed, with homophobia written out forever.” StatesEnoughChristianChurchReligiousForeverWrittenChangedSeparationDoctrineChurch And StateHomophobiaSeparation Between Church And State Author:Michelangelo Signorile
“In the 1980s... it was a liberal philosophy of government that changed the rules to suit its own political ends. We were forfeiting our freedoms to conform to a humanistic philosophy that was patently antireligious.” EndsPhilosophyGovernmentChristianPoliticalReligiousChangedSuitsConformHumanistic Book:The courage of a conservative Source: The courage of a conservative