Quotes of: Fear-god Keyword

Evil…doesn’t mean doing things that have bad consequences for people. It means private thoughts and actions that are not to “the Christian majority’s” private liking.

The God Delusion

Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority.

The God Delusion

Do those people who hold up the Bible as an inspiration to moral rectitude have the slightest notion of what is actually written in it?

The God Delusion

Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men

The Given Day

More generally, as I shall repeat in Chapter 8, one of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding.

The God Delusion

As J. B. S. Haldane said when asked what evidence might contradict evolution, 'Fossil rabbits in the Precambrian.

The God Delusion

The truly adult view [...] is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed.

The God Delusion

I never thought it would be easy to serve God," she said. "I just didn't think it would be this hard.

God Emperor of Dune

Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front.

The God Delusion

The fact that we can neither prove nor disprove the existence of something does not put existence and non-existence on an even footing.

The God Delusion

most of us happily disavow fairies, astrology and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, without first immersing ourselves in books of Pastafarian theology etc.

The God Delusion

The Christ event did not in that sense CHANGE the will of God, but rather it more clearly expressed God's eternal will toward the whole of history.

Guilt Free

There is no exception to this rule: "All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant." They say there is no rule without an exception, but there is an exception to that rule.

Grace God's Unmerited Favor

It is a great gift when God gives me a stirring, a feeling, a something-at-all in prayer. But work is being done whether I feel it or not.

Girl Meets God

Any situation, circumstance or challenge is just a distraction and as you remain true to your goals and trust in God they will fall away".

God's Favor - Breath Of Heaven

What we choose to embrace, to be responsive to, is the purest reflection of who we are and what we love.

The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

...our minds are driven to answer questions that far transcend the bounds of our own lives.

The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

Redemption precedes morality, and not the other way around.

The Grand Weaver: How God Shapes Us Through the Events of Our Lives

Angels and demons are shaped by humans. Even god is shaped by humanity. Who you are has been codified by the humans around you… family, friends, and even enemies.

God's Madmen

You do not need to work to become spiritual. You spiritual; you need only to remember that fact. Spirit is within you. God is within you. (67)

God is No Laughing Matter

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.

A Gift for God: Prayers and Meditations