Sherwin Wine Professions : Rabbi Born : January 25, 1928 Died : July 21, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Sherwin Wine There are two visions of America. One precedes our founding fathers and finds its roots in the harshness of our Puritan past. It is very suspicious of freedom, uncomfortable with diversity hostile to science, unfriendly to reason, contemptuous of personal autonomy. It sees America as a religious nation. It views patriotism as allegiance to God. It secretly adores coercion and conformity. Despite our constitution, despite the legacy of the Enlightenment, it appeals to millions of Americans and threatens our freedom. Sherwin Wine religious father past If I were a CEO of a company and ran it like God runs the universe, I'd be fired. Sherwin Wine ceo running religion Laughing has always seemed to me to be more Jewish than praying. Sherwin Wine praying laughing Two hundred years ago the forces of freedom challenged this idea. The children of the new enlightenment rose up to defy the tyranny of arrogant clergy and the censorship of pious bureaucrats. They boldly proclaimed that the state must be free from religious coercion and that religion must be free from state control. All individuals have the right to pursue the dictates of their own conscience. All citizens even have the right not to be religious at all. Sherwin Wine religious children years You have to fight gravity. Sherwin Wine gravity fighting Similar Authors Alexander Schindler rabbi Berel Wein rabbi Benjamin Blech rabbi Israel Meir Kagan rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise rabbi Irving Greenberg rabbi All Authors
