Ravi Zacharias Quotes
Nothing, absolutely nothing, has a more direct bearing on the moral choices made by individuals or the purposes pursued by society than belief or disbelief in God.
Zacharias, Ravi. The Real Face of Atheism. Baker Books, 2004, p. 18.
Locke is one of the few political writers who advocated intolerance of atheists, who actually tried to have a rational reason other to simply say that they are apostates and therefore unacceptable. His argument was that most of the legal system depends on witnesses and parties to contracts or loyalty who swear before God that they are telling the truth and will be bound by their own salvation to complying with their promises and commitments. The atheist, however, fears no retribution if he lies under oath and he does not worry about his salvation if he breaks his oath. The fallacy was that the system never really worked with the religious people. With all the promises, covenants and oaths broken and repudiated by religious, “God-fearing men”, the atheists could hardly have done worse.
Ravi Zacharias was an Indian-born Canadian-American Christian apologist who founded the RZIM (Ravi Zacharias International Ministry). He was involved in Christian apologetics for a period spanning more than 40 years. Zacharias was the author of more than 30 books on Christianity, including the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's Gold Medallion Book Award winner Can Man Live Without God? in the category "theology and doctrine" as well as Christian bestsellers Light in the Shadow of Jihad and The Grand Weaver. Zacharias was the founder and chairman of the board of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) and host of the radio programs Let My People Think and Just Thinking. He was a lifelong minister of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, the Keswickian Christian denomination in which he was ordained.
