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• Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean.…
• Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--th e rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars.
• For one, thing, the media are dominated by the irreligious. So are universities.
• America is an unusually religious nation.
• It can be demonstrated that in any society there is a distribution of religious tastes and concerns.
• It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men.
• Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong…
• Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals. The word is taken to mean a passe form of religious thinking that embraces…
• Although it has been fashionable to deny it, anti-slavery doctrines began to appear in Christian theology soon after the decline of Rome…
• Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity.…
• The success of the West, including the rise of science, rested entirely on religious foundations, and the people who brought it about…
• That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks…

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