Freedom Quote by Stephen McAndrew

“If truth is contingent upon the society in which we live...there is nothing intuitive or universally or absolutely true about freedom from torture or freedom from slavery; our society just happens to have come up with these values over time.” quote by Stephen McAndrew — Download Open image

““If truth is contingent upon the society in which we live...there is nothing intuitive or universally or absolutely true about freedom from torture or freedom from slavery; our society just happens to have come up with these values over time.””

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“Christianity tells us we have free will. God has provided man with a choice whether to believe in Him or not. If God's existence…

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“We are fed ideas in small sound bites that are really just the conclusions of particular beliefs. We do not examine what underpins these…

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“If truth and moral values are relative, one cannot claim that certain human rights are universally applicable to all cultures and all people.”

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