Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Mary Griffith

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Mary Griffith.
Last updated on November 15, 2024.
Mary Griffith

Mary Griffith (1772–1846) was an American writer, horticulturist and scientist. She published the results of her research in scientific and literary journals, as well as newspapers. She also published several novels and stories, including Camperdown, or News from Our Neighborhood (1836), as well as Three Hundred Years Hence, the first known utopian novel by an American woman.

I realize how depraved it was to instill false guilt in an innocent child's conscience, causing a distorted image of life, God, & self, leaving little if any feeling of personal worth.
Before you echo 'Amen' in your home or place of worship, think and remember...a child is listening. — © Mary Griffith
Before you echo 'Amen' in your home or place of worship, think and remember...a child is listening.
If no one had ever challenged religious authority, there’d be no democracy, no public schools, women’s rights, improvements to science and medicine, evolution of slavery and no laws against child abuse or spousal abuse. I was afraid to challenge my religious beliefs because that was the basis of creation—mine anyway. I was afraid to question the Bible or anything in it, and when I did, that’s when I became involved with PFLAG and realized that my son was a perfectly normal human being and there was nothing for God to heal because Bobby was perfect just the way he was.
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