The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the time is always determined by the views on which the opposing schools agree. They become the unspoken presuppositions of all thought, and common and unquestioningly accepted foundations on which all discussion proceeds.
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The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.
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I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand read more
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.
With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another.
With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal.
Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal.
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.
The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.
