Ellery Schempp Quotes
Our constitution mentions religion just twice, and both times the word 'no' are attached.
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I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to deal with criminal matters, like the use of drugs, to the States.
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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
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I am a Muslim. I am born to Muslim parents. I have a Muslim son. I have been imprisoned and witnessed torture for my previous understanding of my religion.
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We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's all terrible, and there's no meaning to anything.
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Establish with all of your powers a union with your fellows and brothers in religion that is stronger than the union of the worldly!
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I love discovering compelling new ideas and doing what I can to help spread the word about them.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.
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In the schools of the Western countries, there is always the subject 'Religion.' The Classics are China's religion.
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Religion is the search for ultimate meaning.
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'Feminism' is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isn't it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldn't it?
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Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of Hollywood orbit. It's a devil of a place where the only religion that really counts is box office.
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I love to draw and paint. I'm very active in that way, but I'm not very good with the written word, though.
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Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling.
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Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a parent, for instance. In fact, many religions take away the problem entirely, because their adherents ostensibly believe that they're going to be reunited with everyone they love, and death is an illusion.
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I do not belong to any religion. Everything is between God and myself.
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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside.
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There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.
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There may be a conflict between softminded religionists and toughminded scientists, but not between science and religion.
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When the Lebanese Civil War started in 1975, I was 15. I was shipped to boarding school in England and, after that, to UCLA.
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A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of art.
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Our constitution mentions religion just twice, and both times the word 'no' are attached.
