Psychology and Religion

[Vexari]

Spent an hour in the beginning of the evening at Major Gardiner's, where it was thought that the design of Christianity was not to make men good riddle-solvers, or good mystery-mongers, but good men, good magistrates, and good subjects, good husbands and good wives, good parents and good children, good masters and good servants. The following questions may be answered some time or other, namely, — Where do we find a precept in the Gospel requiring Ecclesiastical Synods? Convocations? Councils? Decrees? Creeds? Confessions? Oaths? Subscriptions? and whole cart-loads of other trumpery that we find religion encumbered with in these days?

~ John Adams ~ (1735-1826)

Founding Father, 2nd US President

Source.. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=-JQKAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA5"; target="_blank">Diary entry, 18 February 1756.</a>