We have this idea in our minds that there's this separation of church and state in America, which I think is a good thing. And we extend that to our politics - not just church and state, but it's also there's a separation of religion and politics. Bu...
The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
Civil religion is the attempt to empower religion, not for the good of religion, but for the creation of the citizen.
I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.
My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.
I played pretty darn competitive-level hockey. Then the good old knee injury. Obviously, it's a blessing in disguise, but growing up Canadian, that's our religion, that's our football.
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.
Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, a...
I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my religiousness as good - I think religion is good for children, especially educated children, because it allows for imagination, a whole imagin...
Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumul...
Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns.
Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it ...
I want to learn about a different religion. I grew up Catholic, but my grandfather was Jewish. Knowledge about other religions can help you understand your own better. I think it's kind of hypocritical to believe one thing and don't know about any ot...
I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate.
Islam memuliakan wanita. Islam memanusiakan wanita.
Dogmatism makes for scientific anemia.
Atheism is the opium of the mathematicians. Atheism is the religion of Mathematics.
