It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men.
If the American public is so into morality in movies, why don't they throw more of their disposable income at religious-themed entertainment? For every 'Passion of the Christ,' there's a 'Fireproof' that comes and goes with no notice.
Counter-knowledge covers the propagation of false legends and conspiracy theories often used for political purposes or fundamentalist religious propaganda.
The closest place that I feel like I come to having religious moments is always musical.
I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?
I think I had an advantage in the sense that I wasn't raised religiously.
Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious.
As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.
What looks like politics, and imagines itself to be political, will one day unmask itself as a religious movement.
My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15.
My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.
There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work.
I think it's a mother's dream come true to see it work out that way. Not just the mother, but certainly parents, to know that their children have a very solid moral foundation and religious foundation.
Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq.
People sense that our reaction to phenomena such as epidemics or religious war is not that different to how we reacted to plagues or to battles a millennia ago.
Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.
Faith is the flame that eliminates fear.
faith is vision ,not a fear
Faith and optimism are cousins.
Faith is the heroism of the intellect.
Faith is like a kernel of wheat.