It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.

I've always thought and it gets tested at times that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.

I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.

There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way on the side that's completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do with their religion.

I think the Hispanic community the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith family patriotism.

Look I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith family and patriotism.

An unexamined faith is not worth having for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.

At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.

When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty it becomes faith and the universe is built on faith.

Faith to my mind is a stiffening process a sort of mental starch.