The Fanatic Is Dangerous.

I Might Say That The Debate Between Atheists And Christians Is Rather Stale To Me, Because The Christians Say, "you Must Be A Christian, Or You Must Be A Religious Man, In Order To Be Good," And The Atheists Will Say, "it's Beneath The Dignity Of A Free Man To Bow His Knee To A God, As If He Were A Sinner," Or Something Like That.

Now We're Living In A Nuclear Age, And The Science That Was Supposed To Be Automatically For Human Welfare Has Become A Nuclear - A Science That Gives Us Nuclear Weapons. This Is The Ironic Character Of Human History, And Of Human Existence, Which I Can Only Explain, If I Say So, In Biblical Terms. Now I Don't Mean By This Reason That I Will Accept Every Interpretation Of Christianity That's Derived From The Bible As Many People Wouldn't Accept My Interpretation. But That's What It Means For Me.

In The Old Testament, The God Of The Prophets Never Was Completely On Israel's Side. There Was A Primitive National Religion, But It Was Always A Transcendent God Who Had Judgment First In The House Of God. This Is The True Religion. It Has A Sense Of A Transcendent Majesty And A Transcendent Meaning So That That Puts Myself And The Foe Under The Same Judgment.

A Republic Properly Understood Is A Sovereignty Of Justice, In Contradistinction To A Sovereignty Of Will.

In The 17th And 18th Centuries There Was A Kind Of Protestantism That Said, "if You Could Only Get Rid Of The Bishop, Then You'd Be A True Christian".