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To judge religion we must have it--not stare at it from the bottom of a seemingly interminable ladder.
Prayer is of no avail. The lightning falls on the just and the unjust in accordance with natural laws.
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.
In the latter case it is often government that organizes the conquest, and religion that justifies it.
If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.
My religious position: I think that God could do a lot better, and I'm willing to give Him the chance.
Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense, is a work of death.
Faith is the problem. Faith is unreliable way to think about problems that will not lead to the truth.
Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion.
Religion is defined as belief in and worship of a controlling power and atheism is precisely not that.
Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.
In the absence of evidence, the scientist says, 'I don't know,' but the religionist says, 'I believe.'
Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level.
I am a sort of collector of religions: and the curious thing is that I find I can believe in them all.
There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
Every other consideration and plan and emphasis is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer.
Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.
My religion enables me, obliges me to imbibe all that is good in all the great religions of the earth.
If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.
The trilogy composed of politics, religion and sex is the most sensitive of all issues in any society.
Confidently receive God's abundant blessings. Think abundance, prosperity, and the best of everything.
A sense of continuity with the rest of creation is a form of religious experience essential to sanity.
Priests are often well-meaning people who haven't yet looked too thoroughly into comparative religion.
We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism.
Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.
All religions will pass but this will remain: simply sitting in a chair and looking into the distance.
I believe this notion of separation of church and state was the figment of some infidel's imagination.
No one cares about race or religion or nationality in space travel. We're all just part of Team Human.
God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.
A man who feels that his religion is a slavery has not begun to comprehend the real nature of religion.
There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
Christianity may be OK between consenting adults in private but should not be taught to young children.
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.
God is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear.
Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell.
How happy can you be when you think every action and thought is being monitored by a judgmental ghost ?
If there is a true religion in the universe, it must include the truth of contact or be forever hollow.
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.
The stars in the sky are really other suns like our own, around which orbit other planets. (paraphrase)
Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!
If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.
In matters concerning religion, I consider myself not a child but an adult with 35 years of experience.
No religion taught man to kill fellowmen because he held different opinions or was of another religion.
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.