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"Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.
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university-of-virginia
religious-freedom
greatness
epitaph
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Thomas Jefferson |
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"The fundamentalists of every faith remain blind to the truth that the "sigh within the prayer is the same in the heart of the Christian, the Muslim, and the Jew." I have seen this unity with my eyes, heard it with my ears, felt it with all my being."
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spirituality
religion
religious-freedom
mysticism
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David James Duncan |
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"To every Armageddonist, every earth lover must keep saying with all the sincerity and affection we can muster, "May God make this world as beautiful to you as it has been to me."
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nature
spirituality
religion
religious-freedom
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David James Duncan |
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The men and women who forged this nation [USA] were straight-up maniacs about freedom. It was just about the only thing they cared about, so they jammed it into everything. This is understandable, as they were breaking away from a monarchy. But it's also a little bonkers, since one of the things they desired most desperately was freedom of religion, based on the premise that Europe wasn't religious and that they needed the freedom to live by non-secular laws that were more restrictive than that of any government, including provisions for the burning of suspected witches.
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freedom
establishment-of-religion
freedom-of-religion
religious-freedom
religious-intolerance
theocracy
hypocrisy
tyranny
religious-extremism
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Chuck Klosterman |