No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.
I'm interested in the hope we invest in science, and the disappointment we can feel when science flattens, or 'explains,' the larger mysteries of religion.
Any history buffs, people who like religion, suspense and mystery mixed with history, or anyone who likes 'The Da Vinci Code,' needs to read Ken Follett.
What gets in our way is history and culture and religion and economic conditions. It is part of the hypnosis of our social conditioning.
I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the Christian religion.
TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows.
I cannot belong to a nation which permits such barbarities as stoning to death and amputation - I don't care what religion it is.
My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.
Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate, the absolutely original.
The cultural contrast I saw between religions... Catholics have a lot of mediators, going through saints and Mary or whatever. Protestants in general say things to God directly.
There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God.
I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.
If I wouldn't offend my religion or God, why would I want to offend an audience because in effect those people are being watched over by the same person.
I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being the god of love, the great 'I am' energy.
The great myth that many social scientists want to encourage is that there is an incompatibility between modern technology and traditional religion. This is absolute nonsense. If anything, it's the reverse.
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.
I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.
Religion as a human phenomenon is as riddled through with potential for both good and evil as any other phenomenon.
The fact that President-elect Kennedy would be the first Catholic president did not sit well with many Americans. There was a fear that, as president, Kennedy's decisions would be based on his religion and dictated by the pope.
As an undergraduate, I took a theology course titled Religion as Writing. If writing can be considered a form of faith, then inevitably doubt has to accompany it.
I've long been really intrigued with what is the... proper role of faith and religion in public life.
