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We must realize that the Reformation world view leads in the direction of government freedom. But the humanist world view with inevitable certainty leads in the direction of statism. This is so because humanists, having no god, must put something at the center, and it is inevitably society, government, or the state.
We must realize that the Reformation world view leads in the direction of government freedom. But the humanist world view with inevitable certainty leads in the direction of statism. This is so because humanists, having no god, must put something at the center, and it is inevitably society, government, or the state.
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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- Francis A. Schaeffer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Francis Schaeffer: life dates 1912 to 1984. Wikidata Q958594, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q958594 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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