The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.
But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand.
It is an interesting and demonstrable fact, that all children are atheists and were religion not inculcated into their minds, they would remain so.
I think a lot of people really have religious overtones of having come from somewhere. I mean, even the whole concept of religion is kind of alien.
Let's face it: There are people who are extremists in every corner of society, and whatever flag they're waving is something Bad Religion has stood against.
Over the centuries, religion has become institutionalized, and in the process encrusted with elaborate hierarchies, top-heavy bureaucracies, highly specialized roles and reflexive routines.
The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didn't want.
I am a huge fan of capitalism and a huge fan of entrepreneurship and changing the world with technology and with entrepreneurship. Capitalism is awesome. To me, capitalism is my religion.
The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.
I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion.
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.
I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period.
Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood.
I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.
In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we've really gone very far in developing this country.
It is the sincere desire of the writer that our citizens should early understand that the genuine source of correct republican principles is the bible, particularly the New Testament or the Christian religion.
It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.
In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.
Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.
