Norman and David Geisler suggest the use of questions. They can clarify where there are areas of confusion. Practice here with asking a question to some famous people who have had things to say about faith. Below are quotes and a space following the Q for you to think of a good question to ask.
- “In other words, our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.” – Dwight Eisenhower: Address at the Freedoms Foundation, Waldorf-Astoria, New York, NY, 12/22/52
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- “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” -Benjamin Franklin (from Humble Libertarian website)
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- Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. — Richard Dawkins, from Brainy Quote (brainyquote.com)
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- The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us — there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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- All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. — Dalai Lama- from Brainy Quote
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