 | Steven D. Smith - Law - 2001 - 250 pages
...retaining an "equal title to the free exercise of Religion according to the dictates of conscience." Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace,...yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. 5 Later, in the First Congress, Madison proposed a constitutional amendment providing that "[n]o state... | |
 | Catharine Cookson - Religion - 2001 - 288 pages
...[emphasis in original] title to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of Conscience." Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess and to observe the Religion which we belie\e to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds ha\e not yet yielded... | |
 | Paul E. Peterson, David E. Campbell - Education - 2004 - 338 pages
...deserves "equal title to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience," that "we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yielded to the evidence that has convinced us." 35 Madison's objective here was not only to safeguard... | |
 | John Curtis Samples - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 260 pages
...same degree. Each must retain an equal title to the free exercise of religion according to conscience: Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace,...not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us.30 Scrupulous neutrality among religious denominations as well as between religious believers and... | |
 | Alan Mittleman, Robert Licht, Jonathan D. Sarna - History - 2002 - 396 pages
...that religious truth would be most likely to flourish in a completely non-coercive atmosphere. "While we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess,...religion which we believe to be of divine origin," Madison wrote in his Memorial and Remonstrance (1785), "we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose... | |
 | James A. Curry, Richard B. Riley, Richard M. Battistoni - Law - 2003 - 660 pages
...Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects." He also reflected tolerance for non-believers, when stating, "[w]hilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace,...yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us." Madison's broadside attack on religious assessments was vehemently criticized by many Baptists, Presbyterians,... | |
 | William Lee Miller - Religion - 2003 - 300 pages
...retaining an "equal title to the free exercise of Religion according to the dictates of Conscience." Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace,...yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. If this freedom be abused, it is an offence against God, not against man: To God, therefore, not to... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad, Mark A. Noll - History - 2003 - 652 pages
...retaining an "equal tide to the free exercise of Religion according to the dictates of Conscience." Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace,...yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. If this freedom be abused, it is an offence against God, not against man: To God, therefore, not to... | |
 | Viggo Mortensen - Religion - 2003 - 500 pages
...religion, according to the dictates of conscience. While we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace the religion which we believe to be of divine origin,...yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. If this freedom be abused, it is an offence against God, not against man. The Christian religion both... | |
 | Phillip E. Hammond, David W. Machacek, Eric Michael Mazur - Law - 2004 - 204 pages
...exercise of Religion according to the dictates of Conscience." [Virginia Declaration of Rights, art. 16] Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace,...yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. If this freedom be abused, it is an offence against God, not against man: To God, therefore, not to... | |
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Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. 
