“Why burn? The answer is simple. Read the Bible — the Koran — the theologians and philosophers of the world. Look in your hymnals and then ask, ‘What better way …
Day: July 28, 1980
Anne Hutchinson (Banished)
On this date in 1637, Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Puritan theocracy of Boston by the Massachusetts General Court for sedition and heresy. Hutchinson (1591-1643) was a religious reformer …
14th Amendment Adopted
On this date in 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was formally adopted after certification by Secretary of State William Seward. It reads, in part: “No State shall make or …
Ashley Montagu
“The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof. Let us never forget that tyranny most often springs from a fanatical faith in the absoluteness of …
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Whoever dares to say: ‘Outside the Church is no salvation,’ ought to be driven from the State. But I am mistaken in speaking of a Christian republic; the terms are …
Paul Broca
“[Religion is] nothing more than a type of submission to authority.” …
Lalla Ward
“We are both strongly non-religious, and we have similar views on what’s important in life.” …
Donald C. Johanson
“I’ve always been an atheist. I didn’t have to be converted to atheism.”“The anti-science aspect of religion is what bothers me most intensely. It’s personified in this cartoon: “Welcome to …
Mel Brooks
“If you’re not indoctrinated into some kind of religion when you’re very young, then it can play very little. I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish …
