“Britain is exhibit A for the secularization thesis – the idea that modernization and scientific rationality will cause religion to wither and die. That is manifestly false in places such as Africa, India or the Muslim world. Only in Europe does it feel true.”
Michael Gerson
“One of the great markers of the advance of human kindness is that the howls [of protest] you will hear are from the Men of God.”
“Americans are so used to right-wing preachers and talk-show personalities disparaging atheists and agnostics that it goes unchallenged when they claim that godlessness is a social menace.”
Robyn Blumner
“There are two laws on abortion rights being applied in the States. The first is based on the Supreme Court handing down the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, which gave women the right to choose to have an abortion. The second law is followed by those who think that God speaks to them, and demands that they oppose by any means possible, women's abortion rights. Nothing you can say to the second group will change their mind. But fortunately for women, the real law says they can choose to have an abortion.”
Anon.
“At the very beginning, capitalism and religion managed to form very strong bonds. Socio-economic success is often treated as a mark of specialness – that your religious faith, your prayer life and your God marked you for that success.”
Paula Aymer