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Thomas Gordon warns about the dangers of a politicised Religion which tries to rule this world (1720)
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Thomas Gordon
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2015-01-19 |
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William Leggett argues that Thanksgiving Day is no business of the government (1836)
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William Leggett
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2014-11-10 |
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John Stuart Mill on the “religion of humanity” (c. 1858)
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John Stuart Mill
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2014-09-22 |
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John Locke on the separation of Church and Magistrate (1689)
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John Locke
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2014-06-30 |
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Spinoza on the dangers of using superstition to hoodwink the people (1670)
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Benedict de Spinoza
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2014-06-22 |
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William Walwyn wittily argues against state enforced religious conformity (1646)
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William Walwyn
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2013-11-18 |
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Lord Acton argues that civil liberty arose out of the conflict between the power of the Church and the Monarchy (1877)
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John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton
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2013-09-23 |
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The 6th Day of Christmas: Vicesimus Knox on the Christian religion and peace on earth (1793)
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Vicesimus Knox
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2012-12-30 |
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The 5th Day of Christmas: Samuel Cooper on the Articles of Confederation and peace on earth (1780)
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Ellis Sandoz
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2012-12-29 |
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Noah Webster on the resilience of common religious practices in the face of attempts by the state to radically change them (1794)
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Noah Webster
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2009-12-21 |
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David Hume argues that “love of liberty” in some individuals often attracts the religious inquisitor to persecute them and thereby drive society into a state of “ignorance, corruption, and bondage” (1757)
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David Hume
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2009-09-28 |
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St. John, private property, and the Parable of the Wolf and the Good Shepherd (2ndC AD)
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Saint John
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2009-07-27 |
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John Locke believed that the magistrate should not punish sin but only violations of natural rights and public peace (1689)
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John Locke
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2008-09-29 |
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Job rightly wants to know why he, “the just upright man is laughed to scorn” while robbers prosper (6thC BC)
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Job
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2008-09-15 |
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William Findlay wants to maintain the separation of church and state and therefore sees no role for the “ecclesiastical branch” in government (1812)
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William Findley
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2008-01-28 |
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In Ecclesiastes there is the call to plant, to love, to live, and to work and then to enjoy the fruits of all one’s labors (3rdC BC)
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Old Testament (Various Authors)
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2006-09-11 |
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Pierre Bayle begins his defence of religious toleration with this appeal that the light of nature, or Reason, should be used to settle religious differences and not coercion (1708)
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Pierre Bayle
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2006-04-10 |
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Voltaire argued that religious intolerance was against the law of nature and was worse than the “right of the tiger” (1763)
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Voltaire
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2006-03-13 |
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Voltaire notes that where Commerce and Toleration predominate, a Multiplicity of Faiths can live together in Peace and Happiness (1764)
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Voltaire
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2004-10-25 |
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Samuel warns his people that if they desire a King they will inevitably have conscription, requisitioning of their property, and taxation (7th century BC)
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Old Testament (Various Authors)
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2004-10-04 |
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The Prophet Isaiah urges the people to “beat their swords into plowshares” and learn war no more (700s BC)
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Isaiah
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2004-09-27 |
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The Psalmist laments that he lives in a Society which “hateth peace” and cries out “I am for peace: but when I speak they are for war” (1000 BC)
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King David
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2004-09-20 |