Quotes About Dogma

it is as difficult to get charity out of piety as to get reasonableness out of rationalism.

Cuando la conciencia del individuo queda reducida a reflejar la conciencia colectiva del grupo social, el pensamiento se hace siervo de los dogmas colectivos; el hombre se recluye en el organismo superior de la nación o clase, y el concepto de lo humano se disuelve

We cannot help noticing that, like all propagandists, the apostles of tolerance, truth to tell, are very often the most intolerant of men.

d'ailleurs nous ne pouvons nous empêcher de constater que, comme tous les propagandistes, les apôtres de la tolérance sont très souvent, en fait, les plus intolérants des hommes.

tandis que le rationaliste vulgaire, fût-il l'homme le plus ignorant de toute philosophie, est au contraire le plus empressé à se proclamer tel, en même temps qu'il se pare fièrement du titre plutôt ironique de « libre-penseur », alors qu'il n'est en réalité que l'esclave de tous les préjugés courants de son époque.

Those who can naively affirm the bumper-sticker slogan, "God said it, I believe it, that settles it," are oblivious to the question-begging inherent in the formulation: there is no escape from the imperative of interpreting the Word. Bumper-sticker hermeneutics will not do.

The whole point of the liberal revolution that gave rise to the 1960's was to free us from somebody else's dogma, but now the same people…are striving to impose on others a secularized religion…disguising it behind innocuous labels like 'diversity training' and 'respect for difference.

At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.

Fundamentalists didn't try to disprove science. They didn't argue against it. They pronounced against it! It was the equivalent of a parent clinching an argument with a child by shouting: 'because I say so'. That's what fundamentalist religion does. It refutes not by evidence but by authority. Why is Darwin wrong? Because the Bible says so! But they did more than pontificate. They tried to ban science itself. That's

fundamentalist religion does. It refutes not by evidence but by authority

But the senses never have much chance, against the power of doctrine.

With this access point, God becomes more a verb than a noun, more a process than a conclusion, more an experience than a dogma, more a personal relationship than an idea. There is Someone dancing with you and you no longer need to prove to anyone that you are right, nor are you afraid of making mistakes. Another word for that is faith.

As Simone Weil said in various ways, it is much easier to make non-Christians into Christians than it is to make Christians into Christians. Cradle Christians are almost totally preconditioned to the carrot-on-the-stick model.

Christianity, for some, is neither faith nor reason—just reactive tribalism hiding behind the skirts of Mother Church.

compared to individuals, groups tend to be more dogmatic, better able to justify irrational actions, more likely to see their actions as highly moral, and more apt to form stereotypical views of outsiders.

Religion exists to instill false security and blind faith

Everybody takes what they life from the teachings of the church, and ignores the parts that don't suit them.

he had hated authoritarian religion

There is no longer any religion when there is no longer any privileged religion. Take from religion its exclusive power and it will no longer exist.

Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power.

I was raised Catholic and didn't like the dogma and exclusivity of that teaching but I was moved by the moral teachings and by the power of the Jesus fellow.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosohpy.

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.