Apostasy Quote by Lynn G. Robbins

The fact that some governments, churches and numerous corrupted individuals have tried to reduce such behavior from criminal offence to personal privilege dose not…

— Spencer W. Kimball

“[T]he Old Testament, [...] if considered as a general rule of conduct, would lead to consequences destructive of all principles of humanity and morality.”

— David Hume

The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by its authority.…

— Noah Webster

The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation…

— Henry James Sumner Maine

“As a rule, beaten, tormented, and humiliated children who have never received support from a helping witness later develop a high degree of tolerance…

— Alice Miller

Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.

— Billy Graham

“[S]ocial order displays not the absolute presence or absence of intolerance to difference but a spectrum of intolerance. Each of us bears responsibility to…

— Nivedita Menon

If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.

— Blaise Pascal

“When you suddenly command some unusual, unexpected course of action, then even if it is something you have hitherto forbidden, even if for the…

— Augustine of Hippo

The reputations of the Lord's people should be very precious in our sight...We may ourselves one of these dark days need forbearance and silence…

— Charles Spurgeon

“Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same? The observance of communal…

— Kakuzō Okakura

We are not responsible for the behavior of anyone that goes contrary to what we teach, any more than the Pope of Rome or…

— Louis Farrakhan