Sunday, October 11, 2009

on Christianity

Ah! what a divine religion might be found out if charity were really made the principle of it instead of faith.


Shelley

Plenty of kind, decent, caring people have no religious beliefs, and they act out of the goodness of their hearts. Conversely, plenty of people who profess to be religious, even those who worship regularly, show no particular interest in the world beyond themselves.


John Danforth - priest, ambassador, senator (b. 1936)

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