RELIGION
ERRORS and mistakes, however gross, in matters of
opinion, if they are sincere, are to be pitied; but not punished, nor laughed
at. The blindness of the understanding is as much to be pitied as the blindness
of the eyes; and it is neither laughable nor criminal for a man to lose his way
in either case. Charity bids us endeavor to set him right, by arguments and
persuasions; but charity, at the same time, forbids us either to punish or ridicule
his misfortune. Every man seeks for truth; but God only knows who has found it.
It is unjust to persecute and absurd to ridicule people for their several
opinions, which they cannot help entertaining upon the conviction of their
reason. It is he who tells or acts a lie that is guilty, and not he who
honestly and sincerely believes the lie.
The object of all the public worships in
the world is the same: it is that great Eternal Being who created everything.
The different manners of worship are by no means subjects of ridicule. Every
sect thinks his own the best; and I know no infallible judge in this world to
decide which is the best.
Sir, దయచేసి చెస్టర్ ఫీల్డ్ సలహాలు తెలుగులో ఇవ్వగలరు
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