In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason.
I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature.
A common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of a liberal, tolerant spirit in religious matters, are possible.
I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion.
I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force.
Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds.
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.
I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law.
Men have been obliged to make for themselves a notion of what religion is, long before the science of religions started its methodical comparisons.
Your mom was right when she told you never to discuss politics and religion because emotions run so high in those arenas. Especially religion.
It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics.
These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.
When you will learn to recognize your true self, you will find the true beauty and the magic of life.
By their actions, the Founding Fathers made clear that their primary concern was religious freedom, not the advancement of a state religion. Individuals, not the government, would define religious faith and practice in the United States. Thus the Fou...
We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it.
He who has a true friend, has no need of a mirror.
As rare as true love actually is, true friendship is still harder to find.
I say this because all religions, accurately understood, will take away your fear of not being enough. I believe there is a way to understand the tenets of your religion, right now, that will take away your fear and make you feel loved and safe. The ...
Ironic, isn't it, what religion does to people?" "I guess it's more ironic what people do to religion.
Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
