David Josiah Brewer - Christianity is entitled to the tribute of respect. I do not of course mean th...

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Christianity is entitled to the tribute of respect. I do not of course mean that all individuals, nominally Christian, deserve trust, confidence, or even respect, for the contrary is too often the case. Too often, men hold religion as they do property - in their wives' names.

David Josiah Brewer

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Das Christentum hat Anspruch auf Respekt. Ich meine natürlich nicht, dass alle Personen, nominell Christen, Vertrauen, Vertrauen oder sogar Respekt verdienen, denn das Gegenteil ist zu oft der Fall. Zu oft halten Männer Religion wie Eigentum - im Namen ihrer Frauen.

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