Quotes About Beliefs

I'm an atheist, a devout atheist, but I find religion fascinating. Primarily because of cultural references, as in: This is what we grew up with. Both on a personal level and a collective level.

As I say, if we bring up religion we'll have differences; we'll have arguments; and we'll never be able to get together.

Religion is bad and drugs are good.

Everyone doesn't need to have the same beliefs, we just need to start believing in everyone.

God's strength is rooted in being faithful to his true Self, in just Being good. The Devil's strength depends on synergies, agreements, cooperation and beliefs.

The Swartzentruber Order is the most conservative on the Amish spectrum. Amish people have differences just like any culture.

All the good things a man can do for a woman is against her religion

Beliefs are conclusions reached by men who are lazy to think for themselves.

The majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in this country is entitled to just as much respect, just as much dignity, as every other individual.

'Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion.' Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.

The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

If you have a right to respect, that means other people don't have a right to their own opinions.

Color prejudice and religion are akin in one respect. Some folks have it and some don't, and the kernel that is responsible for it is present in us all.

There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend to be noticeably silly.

The moral decisions of others should be treated with respect, as long as such decisions do not conflict with the principle of tolerance.

Americans will respect your beliefs if you just keep them private.

I might respect you as a brilliant intellect, runner, musician or juggler. But respect your BELIEFS? Only if they're supported by evidence.

Even though I respect many different religions, I don't really particularly just follow one.

I respect the rights of those who do not share my beliefs...but to teach my faith to my children...and to share it with anyone who will listen...that is my right too!

It was always disconcerting to discover that you shared opinions with someone you had no respect for.

Common sense," he continues, "takes good care not to assail violently those beliefs which tradition has transmuted into principles. "However, if direct criticism of those beliefs causes common sense to be regarded unfavorably, it will be welcomed with the greatest reserve and will maintain a certain prudence relative to this criticism, which will be equivalent to a proffered reproach.

People rarely appreciate their ignorance, because they lock themselves inside an echo chamber of like-minded friends and self-confirming news feeds, where their beliefs are constantly reinforced and seldom challenged.3