The Founders on Religion: A Book of QuotationsJames H. Hutson Princeton University Press, 2009 M11 10 - 288 páginas What did the founders of America think about religion? Until now, there has been no reliable and impartial compendium of the founders' own remarks on religious matters that clearly answers the question. This book fills that gap. A lively collection of quotations on everything from the relationship between church and state to the status of women, it is the most comprehensive and trustworthy resource available on this timely topic. |
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... Reason Religion, Freedom of: see Liberty of Conscience Religion: Propensity of Humans for Religion: Social Utility of Republicanism Rights Sabbath Sin Slavery Trinity Unitarianism Universalism Virgin Mary War Women Suggestions for ...
... reason, the credibility of prophecy, the justice of war, the place of Islam and Judaism in the divine economy, and many others. That the Founders had much to say about these topics should come as no surprise. With a few exceptions ...
... reason teaches that he must love virtue, and hate vice, and reward the one and punish the other. Keep in mind, and reflect frequently and seriously on the. of no avail unless you abstain from tasting, even from smelling all ardent ...
... reasons for believing, it, as I do, most undoubtedly, are all moral and divine. I believe in God and in his Wisdom and Benevolence; and I cannot conceive that such a Being could make such a Species as the human merely to live and die on.
... reason to expect that my continuing to hold over will be of more than ordinary duration. It is consoling to reflect ... reasons unknown to us, chosen to leave us in the dark as we were. When I was young I was fond of the speculations ...