Arguing Quote by Jon Meacham Download Open image “[T]o argue that something is so because it is in the Bible is more than intellectually bankrupt.” — Jon Meacham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Arguing Bible
“Only the most fervent continues to accept the idea that the Bible is infallible or that it was composed via divine inspiration. To believe… — David Ellsworth Copy Share Image
“What we believe about the Bible makes a dramatic difference in how we live our lives. If the Bible is simply a collection of… — Mark A. Finley Copy Share Image
[I]t is impossible that any people of government should ever prosper, where men render not unto God, that which is God's, as well as… — William Penn Copy Share Image
“The Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn't.” — Kim Vogel Sawyer Copy Share Image
“The Bible is not an argument. It is a record of human experience. The point is not to prove that it’s the word of… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
In what light soever we regard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable and inexhaustible… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The inspiration and authority of the Bible is the bedrock upon which our faith is built. Without it, we are doomed to uncertainty, doubt,… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
“...the ongoing suspicion that scientific discoveries or rigorous biblical scholarship will undermine faith is a tacit admission that faith is threatened by knowledge, because… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
...tis a dangerous thing to ingage the authority of Scripture in disputes about the Natural World, in opposition to Reason; lest Time, which brings… — Thomas Burnet Copy Share Image
Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
We are now living in a post-Roosevelt, post-Reagan universe. What comes next will not be post-partisan, because faction is an intrinsic human impulse. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“his other hand. Sensitive to his guest’s affliction, Churchill realized that “every step” was” — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Too many activists have convinced themselves that they have a monopoly on truth. A little humility and a sense of history could move us… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“When Lincoln was running for the House of Representatives from Illinois, he was charged with being “a scoffer at religion,” wrote the historian William… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“The Man who has not Music in his Soul, Or is not touch’d with Concord of sweet Sounds, Is fit for Treason, Stratagems, and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“There was, of course, a more immediate point to frequent gatherings of lawmakers, diplomats, and cabinet officers at the president’s table. It tends to… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Men are fair, and they have learned not to personalize anger - they can disagree with you and argue to the bone, but afterward… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Fasting is required, staying away from fighting and arguing and bombing of masjids is still going on. Hatred is still manifested between Sunni and… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
The problem for the Left, however, is that the moment it stops painting the Right as vile, it has to argue the issues. — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
You can argue that the Terminator movies reboot their world each time they go back in time, but that doesn't negate the value of… — David Hayter Copy Share Image
We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I'm a very serious person, but I don't take myself very seriously and I would rather laugh all day than argue. — Stone Cold Steve Austin Copy Share Image
These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs… — John Milton Copy Share Image