The spirit and intellect have fundamentally different roles and for that reason should not be pitted against each other like football teams.

sunstone vol 7 2

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[U]nderstanding, not advocacy is the sine quo non of good historical scholarship? Subservience to a particular religion is therefore incompatible with honest inquiry, whether by historians or by anyone else.

sunstone vol 7 2, p. 34

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The basic problem of teaching only what is uplifting is that this leaves people unprepared to face the realities of life.

sunstone vol 7 2, p. 35

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Adult students easily recognize when they are being spoon fed, resent it, and discount these often crude attempts at manipulation accordingly.

sunstone vol 7 2, p. 35

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We cannot escape the challenges of our past by ignoring them or dealing with them selectively. Such a policy encourages ignorance and rewards sloth. Why not face the problem early on, head on, and all out like Roberts did? knowledge was his defense, and it was a very noble and honest one. Should ours be any less noble, less honest?

sunstone vol 7 2, p. 35

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