- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religion Quotes
Belief looked at from every angle.
Some of these come from personal family history with church and faith, others take a harder look at how religion gets used or misused. For quotes on trust and conviction, see our Faith quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are, of course, deeply sincere people of religion in different parts of the world who genuinely fight on the side of the poor, but they are usually in conflict with organised religion themselves.
- Oppression
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it was a system of institutional oppression, with immense powers of persecution and intolerance.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a believer in god, but I have not restricted myself to one religion. I have experienced many religions.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Contradictory to my religion, I think, is journalism.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
- Distortion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Terrorism and extremism bear different names and labels. It uses diverse causes. But in each case, it is driven by distortion of religion and a misguided belief in its power to succeed.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020