“The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of women among them, and hence this monogamic system which now prevails throughout all Christendom, and which has been so fruitful a source of prostitution and whoredom throughout all the Christian monogamic cities of the Old and New World, until rottenness and decay are at the root of their institutions both national and religious.” WorldHas BeensMadeChristianLawReligiousCitiesSourceConsequenceRootsInstitutionsAncientEmpiresCatholicismNew WorldDecayFoundersProstitutionScarcityPolygamyRobbersMonogamyChristendomOld And NewStealers Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“Jerusalem is ... the fabled city which for the Western mind is as much dream as stone ... a compressed symbol of our most sublime aspirations along with our most disgusting, hatefully brainless excursions into religious bigotry and fratricide.” MindDreamReligiousCitiesAtheismStonesWesternSymbolsAspirationBigotryDisgustingSublimeJerusalemExcursionsBrainlessReligious Bigotry Author:Arthur Miller
“The city reveals the moral ends of being, and sets the awful problem of life. The country soothes us, refreshes us, lifts us up with religious suggestion.” EndsCountryProblemReligiousCitiesMoralAwfulLiftsSuggestions Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“The civilization of cities is breeding a new race of monks who have none of the original religious drive towards chastity, but are just incapable of facing the responsibilities of marriage.” ReligiousRaceCitiesResponsibilityCivilizationOriginalsIncapableMonkBreedingChastitySingles Author:Kylie Tennant
“The United States, which has been called the home of the persecuted and the dispossessed, has been since its founding an asylum for emotional orphans. For over three hundred years, refugees from political oppression, religious persecution, famine, poverty, and a rigid class system which limited educational and economic opportunities have been leaving their native villages and cities and coming to the United States in search of freedom and a better life.” YearsHas BeensStatesHomePoliticalThreeOpportunityReligiousUnitedCitiesClassPovertyUnited StatesEconomicEmotionalHundredLeavingEducationalOppressionNativeVillagePersecutionFoundingRefugeeBetter LifeFamineOrphanAsylumsPersecutedClass SystemReligious PersecutionPolitical Oppression Author:Eileen Simpson
“Seek refuge in Mary because she is the city of refuge. We know that Moses set up three cities of refuge for anyone who inadvertently killed his neighbor. Now the Lord has established a refuge of mercy, Mary, even for those who deliberately commit evil. Mary provides shelter and strength for the sinner.” KnowsThreeEvilReligiousCitiesLordMercyNeighborCommitSinnerMaryShelterRefugeMosesVirgin MaryBlessed Mother Author:Anthony of Padua
“In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America's heritage and future. From this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and every rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty. In this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource in peace and war.” PeopleWayWarCountryAmericaSpiritualNationsReligiousPowerfulCitiesMillionsForeverWeaponsResourcesTownsScaryOur CountryMost PowerfulThis DayVillageHeritageDedicationAlmightyTranscendenceReligious FaithPledge Of AllegianceOne Nation Under GodCities And Towns Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“A City University of New York study done in 1991 revealed that nearly 90% of the American people identify themselves religiously as Christians or Jews, while only 7.5 percent claim no religion.” PeopleDoneChristianReligiousCitiesStudyNew YorkPercentClaimsUniversityJew Author:William Bennett
“The Secular City, having legislated and litigated itself out of any entanglement with the City of God, would be a hell upon earth .” Would BeEarthChristianReligiousCitiesHellSecularEntanglementCity Of God Book:The Assault on religion: commentaries on the decline of religious liberty Source: The Assault on religion: commentaries on the decline of religious liberty