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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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As neither reason requires nor religion permits the contrary, every man living in or out of a state of civil society has a right peaceably and quietly to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience.
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...we may not take up the third sword... that is, to propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences...
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...the spirit of civil liberty, though at first connected with religious fanaticism, could purge itself from that pollution, and appear under a more genuine and engaging aspect; a friend to toleration, and an encourager of all the enlarged and generous sentiments that do honor to human nature.
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Religion is an individual thing between each man and his creator, and he can worship as he pleases and as he desires.
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Keep religion between you and your God.
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...for belief or practice in religion... no man ought to be punished or molested by any outward force on earth whatsoever...
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I shall pay no heed whatever to what religion and faith any man belongs, nor is that a matter for consideration in the present enlightened age.
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Now that there is and can be no longer an exclusive national religion, tolerance should be given to all religions that tolerate others, so long as their dogmas contain nothing contrary to the duties of citizenship.
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Let us remember one of our charitable compatriots. He founded a hospital for old men in his province. He was asked if it was for Paptists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Quakers, Socinians, Anabaptists, Methodists, or Memnonists [Mennonites]? He answered: For men.
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I wish only to see them all [all religions] united in the design of aiding and loving each other, in making each other happy, in so far as men of such different opinions can love each other, and contribute to each other's happiness, which is as difficult as it is necessary.
Chronology :
April 13, 2020 : Religious Tolerance -- Added.
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