To a mind like mine, restless, inquisitive, and observant of everything that was passing, it is easy to suppose that religion was the subject to which it would be directed; and, although this subject principally occupied my thoughts, there was nothing that I saw or heard of to which my attention was not directed.
The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.
Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them.
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
It doesn't matter what color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc., everyone should have the same freedoms and liberties.
We ministers have undoubtedly failed to connect and apply Christianity to the practical everyday problems of the average man. In this, we have failed to follow in Christ's footsteps. For the religion which He taught and revealed in His own life and ministry was an intensely practical and down-to-earth affair.
I am not an atheist; I believe in God. But my religion ends there. I have my own personal belief system that is so strong it allows me to do what I do. I don't have to worry about going to Hell because of Slayer, you know? Everyone has a personal belief system and believes in life somehow.
To uphold religious tolerance, it is very wise that an adherent of a religion should not do something forbidden in another religion in front of the adherent of the latter.
Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies.
Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.
It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
Our public schools arbitrarily define science as explaining the world by natural processes alone. In essence, a religion of naturalism is being imposed on millions of students. They need to be taught the real nature of science, including its limitations.
I've never had any religion. I'd prefer it if I did, really. Even as a boy I just couldn't make myself believe.
Communism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion.
Religion is more like response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.
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.
Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.
Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumulation of power that might lead to such Godly claims.
One of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant.
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
The Son of God became man so that we might become God.
It is immoral to brand children with religion. 'This is a Catholic child.' 'That is a Muslim child.' I want everyone to flinch when they hear such a phrase, just as they would if they heard, 'That is a Marxist child.'
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.
'Greenleaf' never mocks religion. It reminds us that people in churches are human, and no one is perfect.
The enemy of science is not religion. Religion comes in endless shapes and forms... The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.
The history of our spiritual life is a continuing search for the unity between ourselves and the world. Religion, art, and science follow, one and all, this aim.
To fill a world with religion, or religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are used.
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.
Religion deals in certainties and philosophy deals more in un-answered questions.