Quotes About Religion

o be entirely honest, I know of nothing quite so boring as Christianity without Christ.

There is no priest to interpret it or monopolize the performance of ritual actions, as in some other religions. This is also a reason why translations are not installed in gurdwaras and Sikhs insist on the importance of the original language, for all translations are interpretations to some extent. It is the message contained in the book that matters.

Sikhs, however, should not allow the belief that God is immanent within humanity or nature to become pantheism or to say that any created being is God.

The solution of the Punjab problem may lie in a radical redrafting of the Indian Constitution to produce a federation that gives more regional autonomy. Punjab is not the only region to have been in conflict with the centre, but it is the only one in which religion and politics have united to create a powerful opposition.

Such an austere religion has never appealed to the masses and today may have less than 4 million adherents. Jains do not believe in a personal creator God. Liberation is through their way of life and entails becoming a monk or nun, which may not be achieved in their present existence. It is nontheistic; the gods are themselves souls on the way to liberation.

The religious definition of truth is not that it is universal but that it is absolute.

He has never seen God, but, once or twice, he believes he has heard Him.

The kind of people I absolutely cannot tolerate are those who never let you forget they are religious. It seems to me that a truly religious person would let his life be example enough, would not let his religion interfere with being a human being, and would not be so insecure as to have to fawn publicly before his gods.

Islam is against killing, terrorism, and murder. People who commit these acts in the name of Islam are wrong. And if I had a chance I would do something about it.

I think that the real religion is about the understanding that if we can only still our egos for a few seconds, we might have a chance of experiencing something that is divine in nature.

Paganism attributes the creation of the world to blind chance.

All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.

If we discount the account of creation, we remove the significance of Christmas.

Roses are reddish Violets are bluish If it weren't for Christmas We'd all be Jewish.

Let's put Christ back into Christmas.

Christmas never would have caught on if it had been called Celebrate a Little Jew's Birthday.

Celebrating Christmas without Christ is like celebrating George Washington's birthday without mentioning the first president.

I never hear terrorists say 'Merry Christmas,' only 'Allahu Akbar'.

I don't see why religion and science can't cooperate. What's wrong with using a computer to count our blessings?

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects.

The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

When I became a Christian my confidence grew.

Only he is a truly ethical, a truly human being, who has the courage to see through his own religious feelings and needs.