“Christianity ... has produced the iniquities of the Inquisition, the egotism and celibacy of the monasteries, the fury of religious wars, the ferocity of the Hussite, of the Catholic, of the Puritan, of the Spaniard, of the Irish Orangeman and of the Irish Papist; it has divided families, alienated friends, lighted the torch of civil war, and borne the virgin and the greybeard to the burning pile, broken delicate limbs upon the wheel and wrung the souls and bodies of innocent creatures on the rack; all this it has done, and done in the name of God.” WarSoulDoneBodyReligionNamesReligiousChristianityBrokenCreaturesCatholicInnocentBurningCivil WarWheelsDividedDelicateVirginsLimbsFuryEgotismTorchesPuritanCelibacyRacksInquisitionIniquityMonasteriesSoul And BodyFerocitySpaniardsReligious Wars Author:Ouida
“the worst wars are religious wars between sects of the same religion or civil wars between brothers of the same race.” WarReligiousRaceWorstBrotherCivil WarSectsReligious Wars Book:Ayn Rand Novel Collection Source: Ayn Rand Novel Collection
“Secularists argue that differences of religion were the chief cause of violence in our history - conveniently overlooking violent clashes of region, race, and class, not the least of which was the bloodiest war in history until that time, the Civil War.” WarChristianCausesDifferencesReligiousRaceClassViolenceArguingViolentChiefsCivil WarRegionsClashOverlooking Book:Positive Neutrality: Letting Religious Freedom Ring Source: Positive Neutrality: Letting Religious Freedom Ring