No Religion Quotes
Consider England. Within a few score years how many unsettling changes in religion has the whole kingdom made, according to the change of its rulers, in the various religions which they embraced.
One social evil for which the New Testament is clearly in part responsible is anti-Semitism.
Religion, society and state - from none of these do women get their proper honor. It is religion, which has created an unparalleled disparity between men and women.
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.
In many ways, religion comes from the same place in us that art comes from. The language of the human heart if poetry
I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made.
Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate to the great reality.
The mentally disturbed do not employ the Principle of Scientific Parsimony: the most simple theory to explain a given set of facts. They shoot for the baroque.
Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.
And I certainly don’t like the white supremacists and those whose religion is hating the Jews, period.
The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.
God always answers prayers. Sometimes it's 'yes.' Sometimes the answer is 'no.' Sometimes it's 'you gotta be kidding.
Religion is now viewed by many as a placebo or emotional crutch precisely because that is how we often pitch the gospel to unbelievers
Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he 'lives' his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
When it comes to responding to Jesus, I find it's important to distinguish between reverence, religion, and relationship.
Thus inwardly armed with confidence in God and the unshakable stupidity of the voting citizenry, the politicians can begin the fight for the 'remaking' of the Reich as they call it.
Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence.
Insanity is believing your hallucinations are real. Religion is believing that other peoples' hallucinations are real.
I have a healthy disrespect for religion. I really do. When Columbus came to this country in 1492 he brought syphilis, diphtheria, tuberculosis, influenza and Christianity. The diseases were curable.
From the colour the nature And by the nature the sign! Beatific spirits welding together As in one ash-tree in Ygdrasail.
The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.
Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.
India has left a deeper mark upon the history the philosophy and the religion of mankind than any other terrestrial unit in the universe.
Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind, and soul.
Life exists without rules; games cannot exist without rules. So real religion is always without rules; only false religion has rules, because false religion is a game.
Culture (science) is the form of religion; Religion is the substance of culture (science).
How do I know the Bible isn't the word of God? Well if it was the word of God it would be clear and easy to understand...considering God was the creator of LANGUAGE!
If churches want to play the game of politics, let them pay admission like everyone else.
We cannot be effective if we continue to cling to the old ways, the old strategies, the old assumptions.
One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion.
Religion and love don't have a price, don't have a gender, a skin color, nothing. We are all on the same plate.
Life is really about a spiritual unfolding that is personal and enchanting - an unfolding that no science or philosophy or religion has yet fully clarified.
I was convinced that, besides millions of frank unbelievers, there are today large numbers of half-believers to whom religion is a source of intellectual and moral discomfort.
I have found, after a good deal of consideration, that the best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for Him here.
The state (the U.S. Constitution) has not the right to leave every man free to profess and embrace whatever religion he may desire.
Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.
Take your troubles to the Chapel, get down on your knees and pray. Your burdens will be lighter, and you'll surely find the way.
