Dennis Prager Quotes
The notion that there is no basic value system is far more incoherent or invalid than the notion that there are essential values. Every religion can tell you it has basic values. You ask a Christian, most Christians would say love God and love your neighbor. Is that the entirety of Christianity? No one in his right mind would say it is.
Prager, Dennis. Think a Second Time. HarperCollins, 1995, p. 73.
Judge Moore was trying to justify oaths to God or other state references to a Judeo-Christian God as not violating the 1st Amendment stricture about the government endorsing a particular religion. Note however his {33827} quotation.
Most religions are concerned with maintaining the authenticity and purity of their teachings and schisms and heretics often result when there are changes or some feel their ought to be changes. This quotation illustrates an unusual characteristic of the Bahai religion—the desire that their teachings change with the times and with new knowledge.
Liberal has a somewhat different meaning in English politics than the word as used in America. In England, the opponents of conservatives are of the Labour Party. The Liberals are a third party who on some issues are liberal in American terms and on others, conservative. However, they are very tolerant and somewhat intellectual.
Dennis Mark Prager is an American conservative radio talk show host and writer. His initial political work concerned Soviet Jews who were unable to emigrate. He gradually began offering more and broader commentary on politics. His views generally align with social conservatism. He founded PragerU, an American non-profit organization that creates videos on various political, economic, and philosophical topics from a conservative perspective.
