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A quotation from Twain

I could have given my own sect the preference and made everybody a Presbyterian without any trouble, but that would have been to affront a law of human nature: spiritual wants and instincts are as various in the human family as are physical appetites, complexions, and features, and a man is only at his best, morally, when he is equipped with the religious garment whose color and shape and size most nicely accommodate themselves to the spiritual complexion, angularities, and stature of the individual who wears it.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85582/

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Iowa Congressional Candidate Reflects on 9/11 and Religious Diversity

📰 Original title: Iowa Democrat running for Congress wrote that 9/11 made her more 'aware' of 'anti-Muslim bigotry'

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

Is it desirable that all should be exactly alike in their religious convictions? Is any such thing possible? Do we not know that there are no two persons alike in the whole world? No two, trees, no two leaves, no two anythings that are alike? Infinite diversity is the law. Religion tries to force all minds into one mould. Knowing that all cannot believe, the church endeavors to make all say they believe. She longs for the unity of hypocrisy, and detests the splendid diversity of individuality and freedom.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1873-12) “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious Society

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This month, I'm heading back to school and learning how schools are addressing ongoing concerns about harassment & protests and the impact on students of MENA descent. #CountMENA #InclusionMatters #SchoolSafety #DEI #ReligiousDiversity #AcademicFreedom https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/count-mena-back-school-2024-nivine-k-zakhari-gtcee

A quotation from Adams, Samuel:

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In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practiced, and, both by precept and example, inculcated on mankind.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/adams-samuel/35176/

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Best part of the article: Senator Natale L. Urso, bill sponsor, says "'Every adherent of a religious group must expect to make certain sacrifices, to endure certain hardships, if he is to cling steadfastly to his religious precepts. But this state should not put its stamp of approval either through tax exemption or through scholarship grants upon those who violate the spirit of religious tolerance upon which this state was founded." #religiousTolerance #religiousDiversity #RI #rhodeIsland #brown

Interesting #historical discovery of the day: In 1962, #legislation was proposed in the #RI general assembly to strip the tax-exempt status of #colleges & #universities that forced students to pay for food their #religion prohibited them from eating or refused to schedule makeups for exams scheduled on holy days. (See article at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cTZ8yfgxG5bEZYUWPnjtSy7JNwVu5riK/view?usp=share_link -- sorry for poor OCR quality). See https://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/gatecrashers/episode-5-brown-university-kosher-dining-jewish-ivy-league #Jewish #kashrut #religiousDiversity #RhodeIsland #Brown

New TX bill to prohibit DEI in higher ed. If they meant what they said, it would also prohibt Christmas trees, but we all know no one will hold them to that. https://t.co/E81oJV8ojs #DEI #Texas #TX #diversity #equity #inclusion #highereducation #religiousdiversity #firstamendment @academicchatter