Religion Quotes
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In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual.
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Education without religion is in danger of substituting wild theories for the simple commonsense rules of Christianity.
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A religion cannot be sustained by the number of its lip-followers denying in their lives its tenets.
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If religion commands universal charity, to love our neighbors as ourselves, to forgive and pray for all our enemies without any reserve; it is because all degrees of love are degrees of happiness, that strengthen and support the Divine life of the soul, and are as necessary to its health and happiness, as proper food is necessary to the health and happiness of the body.
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I mostly hate organized religion, which I think is a force for the oppression of women and creates warfare.
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Religion to be true must satisfy what may be termed humanitarian economics, that is, where the income and the expenditure balance each other.
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I'm a priest, not a priestess. Priestess implies mumbo jumbo and all sorts of pagan goings-on. Those who oppose us would love to call us priestesses. They can call us all the names in the world -- it's better than being invisible.
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Knowledge, like religion, must be experienced in order to be known.
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Religion is a fascinating black hole to me.
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There are grave difficulties on every hand, and more are looming ahead. Therefore, we must go forward.
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If the ancient churches, in debating and deciding the greatest mysteries of religion, knew nothing of these two texts, I understand not why we should be so fond of them now the debate is over.
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If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.
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Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.
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God is Truth. There is no incompatibility between science and religion. Both are seeking the same truth. Science shows that God exists.
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My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself.
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But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.
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There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.
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To have religion upon authority, and not upon conviction, is like a finger-watch, to be set forwards or backwards, as he pleases that has it in keeping.
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It is a tragedy that religion for us means, today, nothing more than restrictions on food and drink, nothing more than adherence to absence of superiority and inferiority.
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All the sobriety which' religion needs or requires is that which real earnestness produces.
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Hinduism is not a codified religion.
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A society of atheists would immediately invent a religion.
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The function of religion means that faith is a lamp in our lives which illuminates the path for people.
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The time is fast coming when politicians will cease to fear the religion of humanity and humanitarians will find entrance into political life indispensable for full service.
