When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.
Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.
Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.
The Book of Mormon is the 'keystone' of our religion, and the Doctrine and Covenants is the 'capstone,' with continuing latter day revelation. The Lord has placed His stamp of approval on both the keystone and the capstone.
Young adults enrolled in universities and colleges or other postsecondary training should avail themselves of the opportunity to take institute of religion courses or, if attending a Church school, should take at least one religion course every term.
The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.
If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.
Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.
Tourism is a very big economic benefit to the Sherpa people, and also, they have very strong ties to their own social attitudes and their own religion, so fortunately, they're not too influenced by many of our Western attitudes.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand.
A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling.
I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.
Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.
Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.
I just have a sense that, you know, I'm curious about what is religion about, you know? Why do some of us still engage it? It's not because it's a set of old beliefs or old ideas. Or even, particularly, the view that this is the only true religion. M...
