 | Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 pages
...which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness...more approve of the homage of reason than that of blind faith. ~ Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826 ~ It is better to debate a question without settling it... | |
 | Lou Meza - 2006 - 411 pages
...EYES AND THEY RECEIVE SIGHT Matthew 20:32 SECULAR QUOTE: "Question with boIdness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of bIindfoIded fear." Thomas Jefferson 3" American President, 1743-1826 What will ye that I shall do unto... | |
 | Charlotte Kramer - 2006 - 285 pages
...the basement of the Vatican. To the reader: As Thomas Jefferson once said, "Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, He must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded... | |
 | Kenneth D. Wald, Allison Calhoun-Brown - 2007 - 470 pages
...his nephew to "question with boldness" even the existence of God because, if a Supreme Being existed "he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear" ( 1 28-29). Although the government could force people to swear loyalty to a public faith, it could... | |
 | Robert B. Louden Professor of Philosophy University of Southern Maine - 2007 - 340 pages
...Carr, advising him on his education, Jefferson writes, in a Kantian vein, "Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear" (Writings, 902; cf. Kant, Critique of Pure Reason A xi). 26. Jefferson, A Billfor the More General... | |
 | Brian D. McLaren - 2007 - 195 pages
...which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness...the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. Thomas Jefferson Our quest for faith now brings us to this blunt, stark question: Is there a God? Why... | |
 | Frank MacHovec - 2007 - 206 pages
...those who differ from you in religion, language, and culture? SI SPARKS 21. Fix reason firmly in her seat and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....a God because if there be one He must more approve the homage of reason than blindfolded fear (Thomas Jefferson, a 1787 letter to nephew Peter Carr).... | |
 | Manoj Thulasidas - 2007 - 284 pages
...then this becomes the relativistic Doppler formula: z = 1 -/? (A.33) Appendix B Unreal Astrophysics Question with boldness even the existence of a God;...homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. — Thomas Jefferson If we disentangle the light travel time effect from our perceived reality, we... | |
 | Albert Gore - 2007 - 332 pages
...reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion," wrote Thomas Jefferson. "Question with boldness even the existence of a God;...homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear." Jefferson and our other Founders believed that the progressive unfolding of the Enlightenment would... | |
 | David Ash - 2007 - 278 pages
...equal he came to show us all how to become true human — god-man — beings. 116 L Chapter 9 The Cults "Question with boldness even the existence of a God;...the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." (Thomas Jefferson) : the Cathars were correct in their belief that God of the Old Testament is Satan... | |
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Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God ; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. 
