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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to,

Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown. – Frances Wright

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If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment. – Frances Wright

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The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that the Court has displayed against religion in recent years is that above the head of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is a concrete display of the Ten Commandments. – Cliff Stearns

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No rage is equal to the rage of a contented right-thinking man when he is confronted in the marketplace by an idea which belongs in the pulpit. – Thurman W. Arnold

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I know the Bible is inspired because it inspires me. – Dwight L. Moody

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