- 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
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we did not have the impulse and ability to believe in the impossible, we would not have religion, democracy, or marriage.
- Depending
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist. Our existence is beyond our understanding. No one has an answer.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religion is supposed to be a positive thing when you look at the true religions around the world, not the fundamentalists. You always have to go with what your spirit tells you, not what people advise you. I'm a man that will always follow my own path.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
As one of a handful of religion professors in the U.S. who study, write, and teach about conservative Christianity and politics, I am all too aware of the real meaning of the list and of its purpose. Promoted by Turning Point USA, the list is not simply designed to expose professors who discriminate; it is designed to silence and smear.
- Appropriation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coldplay's 'Hymn for the Weekend' video featuring Beyonce is already caught in a heated conversation about cultural appreciation of Indian religion and culture versus cultural appropriation of that culture for the western gaze.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a historian of American and African-American religion, I know that the Trayvon Martin moment is just one moment in a history of racism in America that, in large part, has its underpinnings in Christianity and its history. Those of us who teach American Religion have a responsibility to tell all of the story, not just the nice touchy-feely parts.
- Nov 07, 2020
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.
- Cult
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- Nov 07, 2020
One man's cult is another man's religion.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I broke with my religion in college.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Abraham is such a fascinating figure. Three world religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - all claim him as a patriarch. He was raised in a religious home. And yet he rejected religion in order to pursue a personal relationship with God.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020