- 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
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Islam does not believe in democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom of assembly. It does not separate religion and politics. It is partly a religion, but it is much more than that. It has a political agenda that goes far outside the realm of religion.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.
- Grasped
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Recounting of a life story, a mind thinking aloud leads one inevitably to the consideration of problems which are no longer psychological but spiritual.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hey, I'm a Catholic deer hunter, I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Islam is not a religion. It's a political system. It has a different set of rules.
- Fanatical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marxism, Freudianism, global warming. These are proof - of which history offers so many examples - that people can be suckers on a grand scale. To their fanatical followers they are a substitute for religion. Global warming, in particular, is a creed, a faith, a dogma that has little to do with science.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term 'doubting Thomas' well illustrates the difference.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imagine a civilisation that's way in advance of us wants to communicate with us, and assist us in our development. The information we provide to them must reflect our highest aspirations and ideals, and not just be some crazy person's bizarre politics or religion.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020