Quotes About Religion

No religion is the only religion, no church the true church.

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The good life is not found in dreams of progress,but in coping with tragic contingencies.We have been reared on religions and philosophies that deny the experience of tragedy.Can we imagine a life that is not founded on the consolations of action?Or are we too lax and coarse even to dream of living without them?

Over the past two hundred years philosophy has shaken off Christian faith. It has not given up Christianity's cardinal error -the belief that humans are radically different from all other animals.

It is a strange sort of naturalism that singles out religion to be purged from human life. Few things are more natural for humans than religion. To be sure, religion has brought much suffering. So has love and the pursuit of knowledge. Like them, religion is part of being human.

But you worship money, Nate. You're part of a culture where everything is measured by money. It's a religion.

People were classified, and often judged, by their denomination. And they were certainly condemned if they didn't claim one.

But most Christians I know are quite good at cherry-picking their way through the Holy Scriptures.

I'm happy to see you've found a church home, Abby," her father said piously. For years he had led the prayer each Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Danesboro, and the other six days he had tirelessly practiced greed and manipulation. He had also steadily but discreetly pursued whiskey and women. An

Her husband, a devout servant and follower of Christ, was reading his Bible and preparing his sermon, at church, when he was murdered. Why couldn't God protect him, of all people? Upon deeper reflection, this often led to the more troubling question, one she never asked aloud: Is there really a God? The mere consideration of this as a passing thought frightened her, but she could not deny its existence.

The spirit flowed more freely and made for a more spontaneous style of worship.

Naw, we still have the votes statewide. I can't imagine Mississippi ever electing a Republican governor. Your religion won't matter. We just need some new talent.

Twelve white men. Four Baptists; two Methodists; two Pentecostals; one Presbyterian; one Church of Christ. And two who claimed no church membership and were likely headed straight to hell.

For years he had led the prayer each Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Danesboro, and the other six days he had tirelessly practiced greed and manipulation.

about one of his schools he said, I would make the following criticisms. First, too much attention to marks. Second, too much religion. Third, no time for me to develop my own interests. Fourth, group discipline may be imposed unfairly.

she kept religion and politics apart, putting the ideal of monarchy and of hereditary descent ahead of religion.

Mary was a Catholic, and Cecil's overriding ambition was to remold the whole of the British Isles

In England, Maitland continued to Mary, there were "three factions": the Catholics, the Protestants, and the queen.

I am settled," she said, "in the ancient Roman Catholic religion, and mind to spend my blood in defense of it.

playing a leading role in the Protestant revolution

she finished, kissing the crucifix and making the sign of the cross in the Catholic way.

Guises swiftly proclaimed their niece to be "queen of England, Scotland and Ireland," challenging Elizabeth's right to succeed her elder sister on the grounds of bastardy and Protestantism.

Elizabeth's right to succeed her elder sister on the grounds of bastardy and Protestantism

She laid her crucifix and prayer book on her stool