A material resurrection seems strange and even absurd except for purposes of punishment, and all punishment which is to revenge rather than correct must be morally wrong, and when the World is at an end, what moral or warning purpose can eternal tortures answer?
— Lord Byron
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Monarchies may take God’s name, but Democracies are Atheistic in their very frame.
— John Bydem
The strength and vitality of the churches in America were in no small measure the result of the principles of religious freedom and the separation of church and state embodied in the First Amendment and in the bill of rights of the several state constitutions. Virtually every state as it came into the Union in the nineteenth century adopted the principles that the state guaranteed freedom of religious conscience and that the state would not use public funds to aid or support any churches or their schools.
— Freeman Butts
If the American people wish to adhere to the principle of separation as seen in the long perspective of history, they should decide to prohibit non-sectarian religious instruction in public schools as a form of multiple establishment of religion.
— Freeman Butts
To himself every one is an immortal. He may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
— Samuel Butler
An apology for the Devil — it must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
— Samuel Butler
Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them seriously.
— Samuel Butler
They would have been equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practised.
— Samuel Butler
People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practised.
— Samuel Butler
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
— Samuel Butler
