To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.
Will the desire to maintain power and our level of comfort in our religious institutions equal the zeal of the Pharisees and Herodians who plotted to kill Jesus?
America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.
I'm not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw.
The religious doctrine of traditional Judaism entails the acceptance of the nationhood of the Jewish people and the everlasting sanctity of the Land of Israel for them.
From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.
Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.
The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
down with hell and heaven and all the religious fuss infinity pleased our parents one inch looks good to us
Whenever people can access deities directly without the intervention of a religious hierarchy, they don't need to have hierarchy so much.
I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.
The country has become much more conservative, partly because it's been taken over by the religious right.
And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it's natural that human rights come first.
Religious politics is the bent of those who push "The Myth of the Christian Nation" or "Muslim Supremicism" everywhere! ~ © gfp '42™
I am a Christian, but I also don't really see myself as a religious person. I see myself as more of a spiritual person.
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored.
I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.
Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions.
As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders.
