“I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark. The statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared scripted remarks.” IfsKnowsNeedsLittlesSometimesBitsTakenPoliticianLittle BitPreparedCalmStatementsDiscussionHeatJudgedRemarks Author:Tony Abbott
“A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the discussion is complicated by the fact that many eminent servants of humanity have been nominal Christians, of one or other of the sects. My allegation will be that the special services rendered to human progress by these exceptional men have not been in consequence of their adhesion to Christianity, but in spite of it, and that the specific points of advantage to human kind have been in ratio of their direct opposition to precise Biblical enactments.” MenWorldHumansKindHas BeensFactsChristianHumanityChristianityTakenProgressAtheismSpecialCivilizationConsequenceAdvantageDirectComplicatedPositive AtheismDuesDiscussionServantSpiteOppositionBiblicalPreciseTheologianExceptionalSectsRatiosHuman ProgressAllegations Book:Has Humanity Gained from Unbelief?: Two Nights Debate Between Marsden Gibson and Charles Bradlaugh at Newcastle-on-Tyne Source: Has Humanity Gained from Unbelief?: Two Nights Debate Between Marsden Gibson and Charles Bradlaugh at Newcastle-on-Tyne
“I don't have a problem with many uses of the word genre, just certain ones. I have the most trouble when these labels are used to prevent discussion, to prevent a work from being taken seriously as literature. When we say "genre," we generally mean "something crappy," something that would be sold in an airport.” MeanUseProblemWould BeUsedCertainLiteratureTakenTroubleLabelsGenreDiscussionAirports Author:Michael Chabon