D*****r
发帖数: 6791 | 1 Is this then our freedom of religion? and are we to have a censor whose
imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? And who is
thus to dogmatize religious opinions for our citizens? Whose foot is to be
the measure to which ours are all to be cut or stretched? Is a priest to be
our inquisitor, or shall a layman, simple as ourselves, set up his reason as
the rule for what we are to read, and what we must believe? It is an insult
to our citizens to question whether they are rational beings or not, and
blasphemy against religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and
reason. If M. de Becourt's book be false in its facts, disprove them; if
false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear
both sides, if we choose. | m****u
发帖数: 1689 | 2 Thanks for sharing
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: Is this then our freedom of religion? and are we to have a censor whose
: imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? And who is
: thus to dogmatize religious opinions for our citizens? Whose foot is to be
: the measure to which ours are all to be cut or stretched? Is a priest to be
: our inquisitor, or shall a layman, simple as ourselves, set up his reason as
: the rule for what we are to read, and what we must believe? It is an insult
: to our citizens to question whether they are rational beings or not, and
: blasphemy against religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and
: reason. If M. de Becourt's book be false in its facts, disprove them; if
: false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear
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