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