It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
Our society is pluralistic. We who accept the privilege of membership in that society agree to respect the people's right to live by their own religious precepts.
Celebrity is seen by a huge amount of people and certainly myself for a while as the pinnacle of society, of success. It is revered almost religiously, both the institution and its quickly growing member base.
I thought I was very pretty without hair. Naked, more honest somehow. No glamor, just bald old me. I seldom wore wigs or hats. But some people must have thought I was an exhibitionist or a religious fanatic.
I just think in this world of extreme religious pluralism, the great spectrum of things ranging from the healthy and the respectable, and the balance and the true and tried, you go down to quite bizarre things which are very risky for people, particu...
The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of d...
We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religiou...
Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions
Religious leaders need to be held accountable for their ideas.
I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional.
Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches.
The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.
I'm not a very religious man, but I'm proud to be a Jew.
Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
I'm not a religious person. The language of photography is symbolic.
One always goes back to one's childhood in the beginning, and I come from a very religious family and surrounding. Very religious.
The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.
I believe that religious faith schools are highly dubious.
I've always been a religious guy, but not overly religious. I've always believed in God and Jesus. I pray.
I'm a religious man. I pray for Milky Way.
