Absurd Quote by Elaine Pagels

“But as soon as you step outside of Western secular society, you hear people talking in two additional moral languages. The ethic of community…

— Jonathan Haidt

“I now want to examine a second major feature of Western civilization that derives from Christianity. This is what philosopher Charles Taylor calls the…

— Dinesh D'Souza

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.

— Barack Obama

Secularism and pluralism are two of the defining ethos of Western societies. The former decouples religion from governmental institutions whilst the latter seeks to…

— Gad Saad

The Neo-Pagan religious framework is based on a polytheistic outlook- a view that allows differing perspectives and ideas to coexist

— Margot Adler

“The concepts of mercy and humility were not just unappreciated in pagan culture, they were ridiculed by men of the highest learning. The idea…

— Vincent Carroll

A society based on Christian principles provides for pluralism, but with enough restrictions to prevent civilization from degenerating into chaos.

— Benjamin Hart

The modern period adds social ethics to religions agenda, for we now realize that social structures are not like laws of nature. They are…

— Huston Smith

Western democracies exalt the ideal of social equality, but our economic system arguably emerged from 16th-century Calvinism, a religion whose members believed that God…

— Martha Beck

Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic…

— Armstrong Williams

“The ethic of autonomy is based on the idea that people are, first and foremost, autonomous individuals with wants, needs, and preferences. People should…

— Jonathan Haidt

“Religions are moral exoskeletons. If you live in a religious community, you are enmeshed in a set of norms, relationships, and institutions that work…

— Jonathan Haidt