Quotes of: Christian-religion Keyword

Think of it this way: if you wandered into a cave and saw scratched into the wall some markings which on closer inspection read "Gary woz ere", how would you think that they got there? Would you guess that a river had run through and eroded the wall ...

From A To Theta: Taking The Tricky Subject Of Religion And Explaining Why It Makes Sense In A Way We Can All Understand

…such criticism and mockery are largely beside the point. All religious belief is a function of nonrational faith. And faith, by its very definition, tends to be impervious to to intellectual argument or academic criticism. Polls routinely indicate...

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

After the monkeys came down from the trees and learned to hurl sharp objects, they had had to move into caves for protection--not only from the big predatory cats but, as they began to lose their monkey fur, from the elements. Eventually, they starte...

Villa Incognito

Let me speak plainly: The United States of America is and must remain a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. Our very unity has been strengthened by this pluralism. That's how we began; this is how we must always be. The ideals of our country...

Ronald Reagan

It does not answer the aim which God had in this institution, merely for men to have good commentaries and expositions on the Scripture, and other good books of divinity; because, although these may tend, as well as preaching, to give a good doctrina...

Jonathan Edwards

[E]very major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union.

The Cardinal of the Kremlin

If the Almighty chose to establish his religion by miracles, he chooses to carry it on by means.

Coelebs in Search of a Wife

[Patriotism] is in itself a kind of religion: it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and sentiment.

Democracy in America

La belleza existe para que podamos apreciarla, y no entiende de cultos, de religiones ni de creencias.

Dos velas para el diablo

School has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat, and makes futile promises of salvation to the poor of the technological age.

Deschooling Society

All religions are beautiful in the story, as you say. It's when they're put into practice that they grow ugly.

The Enemy of the Good

A spirtually illumined soul lives in the world, yet is never contaminated by it.

The Essentials of Hinduism: A Comprehensive Overview of the World's Oldest Religion

Religion and spirituality can easily be intertwined; however, there is a very distinct separation between the two.

An Emerging Spirituality

The first and last lesson of religion is, 'The things that are seen are temporal; the things that are not seen are eternal.' It puts an affront upon nature.

English Traits

Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

The Final Empire

Writing is like a religion to those who don't practise, an act of faith for those who do.

The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

Since science and religion provide two different perspectives on the human situation, they must ultimately be able to be reconciled.

Beyond The Human Condition

I suppose it's something to do with her black-brained religion not to take care of the body.

Brideshead Revisited

...religion either produces the very best people or the very worst.

Breathing Underwater: Spirituality and the 12 Steps

I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always liked the Buddhist religion. When I've been to Japan, I've been to Buddhist temples and meditated, and I found that rewarding.

Clint Eastwood