A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Religion Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

Firmly persuaded that no evil exists in the world that God did not design to take place, I build my belief on the perfection of God. (1.15)

Wollstonecraft refuses to believe that God would have ever made women weak and deceitful by nature. She claims that it's her faith in God that leads her to believe that it's people, and not nature, that make women the way they are.

Quote #2

With respect to religion, she never presumed to judge for herself; but conformed, as a dependent creature should, to the ceremonies of the church which she was brought up in. (3.41)

Many women grow up and never judge the world for themselves. They simply listen to what they're told by their parents and by the church, and they end up never strengthening their judgment.

Quote #3

It is not impious thus to scan the attributes of the Almighty: in fact, who can avoid it that exercises his faculties? (3.29)

For Wollstonecraft, it's not blasphemous to question God's motives, since God gave people the power of reason and He no doubt expects them to use it.