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The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
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pluralism
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William Blake |
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It's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanction of religion. A country which forbids an established church by law is prey to any denomination. The best that can be said is that this is pluralism of a kind.
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christianity
religion
jesse-jackson
united-states-constitution
separation-of-church-and-state
jerry-falwell
pluralism
religious-right
united-states
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Christopher Hitchens |
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"It was once said that this is the land of the free. There is, I believe, a statue out there in the harbor, with something written on it about "Give me your hungry...your oppressed...give me pretty much everybody"-that's the way I remember it, anyway. The idea of America is a mutt-culture, isn't it? Who the hell America if not everybody else? We are-and be-a big, messy, anarchistic polyglot of dialects and accents and different skin tones.... We need Latinos to come here. And they should, whenever possible, impregnate our women."
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tolernace
pluralism
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Anthony Bourdain |
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We believe that religions are basically the same...they only differ on matters of creation, sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.
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religion
reductionism
pluralism
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Steve Turner |
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[...] pluralism implies religious tolerance, not unchecked religious freedom.
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religion
pluralism
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Reza Aslan |
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For reasons that will never be entirely clear, God has a soft spot for religious strangers, both as agents of divine blessing and recipients of divine grace - to the point that God sometimes chooses one of them over people who believe they should by all rights come first. This is a great mystery, but it does nothing to obscure the great commandment. In every circumstance, regardless of the outcome, the main thing Jesus has asked me to do is love God and my neighbor as religiously as I love myself. The minute I have that handled, I will ask for my next assignment. For now, my hands are full.
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religion
respecting-others
neighbor-quotes
pluralism
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Barbara Brown Taylor |