Interesting

I came across these quotes somehow today...


The difference between believers and unbelievers, then, is not that the latter lack a conscience but rather that conscience inclines them away from belief. That same conscience, however, can guide them in living ethically, without religious reference points. In this way, the secular conscience stands prior to and independent of all religions and points toward a shared vocabulary for public debate in a pluralistic society.-Austin Dacey. The Secular Conscience.

The realization that the aim of scripture is not to impart philosophical or scientific knowledge "leads obviously to the conclusion that scripture demands nothing from man but obedience, and condemns not ignorance, but obstinacy.-Austin Dacey. The Secular Conscience.

During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been it's fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution.-James Madison. Memorial and Remonstrance.

Faith cannot escape the judgement of reason.-Austin Dacey. The Secular Conscience

Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It's nothing to brag about. And those who preach faith and enable and elevate it are intellectual slave holders, keeping mankind in a bondage to fantasy and nonsense that has spawned and justified so much lunacy and destruction. Bill Maher. Religulous.


These are interesting points and probably points that our culture embraces as a result of the hypocrisy of the religious. There is such a need for Christians to feel the urgency of the Gospel and be woken from our slumber and laziness to live intentioanl, distinct lives. Not lives of persecution and bondage but of love.