“The result of your fifty or sixty years of religious reading in the four words: 'Be just and good,' is that in which all our enquiries must end.” YearsEndsReadingReligiousResultsFourFiftySixtyEnquiry Book:Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American Source: Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American
“I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.” HumorChristianFunnyBeliefReligiousFourWonderfulCalmAdmireSuperstitionsAssuranceReligious FaithSereneAces Author:Mark Twain
“It is interesting to note that during the last ten years Washington's 'Farewell Address' has begun to reappear in college textbooks - minus the four religious warnings.” YearsChristianLastsReligiousInterestingFourCollegeTenNotesAddressesWarningFarewellTextbooksMinusFarewell Address Author:David Barton
“The current version of... separation of church and state says you can be salt, and you can be light, but only inside the four walls of the church.” StatesLightChristianChurchReligiousFourWallCurrentsSeparationVersionsSaltChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateFour Walls Author:David Barton
“Washington's address is virtually unknown today and has not been seen in most American history textbooks in nearly four decades. Perhaps it is because of all the religious warnings Washington made in his 'Farewell Address.'” MadeTodayChristianReligiousFourDecadesAddressesWarningAmerican HistoryFarewellTextbooksFarewell AddressHistory Textbooks Author:David Barton
“The schools, the courts, the media - all seem determined to erase Christian influence from public life and confine religion to the four walls of the church or home.” HomeSeemsSchoolChristianChurchReligiousFourInfluenceMediaWallCourtDeterminedErasePublic LifeFour Walls Author:Bruce L. Shelley
“At least in popular parlance, what makes religious folks religious today is not so much that they believe in Jesus' divinity or Buddhism's Four Noble Truths but that they hold certain moral positions on bedroom issues such as premarital sex, homosexuality, and abortion.” BelieveTodayCertainJesusSexReligiousMoralIssuesFourPositionBuddhismFolksNobleAbortionDivinityBedroomHomosexuality Author:Stephen Prothero
“I am convinced that the majority of the religious hierarchy today deplores the hardship inflicted on our people. I am referring not only to the martyrs but of the families who have been dispersed and terrified, who have no resources, and to the four million unemployed who are suffering from the economic chaos of a country which only a year earlier was giving employment to a million foreigners. Those who have chosen to serve God must feel profoundly sad at seeing ridicule poured on the most sacred principles of our religion.” PeopleGivingFeelsYearsHas BeensCountryTodaySufferingReligiousPrinciplesMillionsFourSeeingEconomicResourcesSacredMajorityChaosConvincedChosenEmploymentHardshipServing GodTerrifiedRidiculeHierarchyMartyrForeignersUnemployedReferring Book:The Shah's story Source: The Shah's story