Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man. – Denis Diderot
Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church. – William Ames
For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nations survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times. – Gary Bauer
