To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am told so.… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Every growth of spiritual life, from the first tender shoot until now, has been the work of the Holy Spirit… The only… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
If faith cannot be reconciled with rational thinking, it has to be eliminated as an anachronistic remnant of earlier stages of culture… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Now, I appeal to the consciences of those that persecute, torment, destroy, and kill other men upon pretence of religion, whether they… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“If we look only at God’s love, we will not need him, and there will be no urgency in the message of… — Edward T. Welch Copy Share Image
Try and travel with the eyes of the spirit wide open, and not too much factual information. To tune in, without reverence,… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“If religion is about the sacred as opposed to the profane, the spirit as opposed to matter, the Creator as opposed to… — Stephen Prothero Copy Share Image
The Bible is the truest utterance that ever came by alphabetic letters from the soul of man, through which, as through a… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Spiritual men have taken into their head something that is to be realized. They have concepts of love, goodness, and the like,… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
“To study theology involves entering into a long, ongoing conversation, one that we did not begin. Others have been talking about God… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
Resolved, That we especially protest against this present attempt to force all the people to follow the religious dictates of a part… — Ellen Battelle Dietrick Copy Share Image
“Whatever you pay attention to will grow. If you pay attention to those aspects of God that demonstrate love, truth, beauty, intelligence,… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Only in the steady and constant application of force lies the very first prerequisite for success. This persistence, however, can always and… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of… — Ruth Hurmence Green Copy Share Image
“Kirsch planned to go public with this presentation in a stunning, meticulously choreographed event. When he did, people across the world would… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the method which sets theological theories against scientifically ascertained facts, is fatal to the current theology and injurious… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
The moment in which the spirit meets death is perhaps like the moment in which it is embraced in sleep. I suppose… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
A [Jewish] woman could not divorce her husband, but she could petition for divorce, and the religious courts could force him to… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
The 'civil rights' revolutionary groups are a case in point. Their goal is not equality but power. The background of Negro culture… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
“Christianity in this region remained as much a colonists’ religion as it would be once again during the French Empire of the… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Lewis was a scholar and deeply spiritual man, so it is no surprise that all his characters have to face the complex… — E.J. Kirk Copy Share Image
“Burridge goes on to say, “[T]rying to decode the Gospels through the genre of modern biography, when the author encoded his message… — Trent Horn Copy Share Image
“Not by might nor by power but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” Assume the spirit, the feeling of the… — Neville Copy Share Image
Some people in the church, like Martin Luther King, Jr., came out against segregation. But if you look at the bulk of… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
It's funny when you start writing an album and then recording - the songs begin to take on a spirit of their… — Matt Shultz Copy Share Image
I highly venerate the Masonic Institution, under the fullest persuasion that, when its principles are acknowledged and its laws and precepts obeyed,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is no evidence for a god, no coherent definition of a god, no good argument for a god, good positive arguments… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
But the argument is still unsound, because the first premise is false: there are other unmentioned alternatives, for example, that Jesus as… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
Good grief. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, and at one another, in good spirit and without malice, then what fun can… — George Takei Copy Share Image
It has been said that men carry on a kind of coasting trade with religion. In the voyage of life, they profess… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“In a pre-scientific society the best the common man can do is pin his faith on a leader and give him his… — B.F. Skinner Copy Share Image
“Great spiritual teachers throughout the ages have stated that orgasm is the closest some people come to a spiritual experience because of… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Can we say anything further about what discipling is? I’ve said it’s helping others follow Jesus. It’s doing them spiritual good. But… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Why so many mentions regarding Jesus from such a wide variety of sources (Pliny, Tacitus, Lucian, Josephus, to name a few)? Because… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
When a man’s heart is cold and unconcerned about religion – when his hands are never employed in doing God’s work –… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If history reveals any categorical truth, it is that an insufficient taste for evidence regularly brings out the worst in us. Add… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Have respect, hard work, faith and dedication, all these things. No matter what environment you're in, they should keep you strong. Knowing… — Ser'Darius Blain Copy Share Image
“The availability of domesticated animal species played an important role in the prohibition of cannibalism and the development of religions of love… — Marvin Harris Copy Share Image
“As a Muslim author crowed a few years afterward, Christianity was self-evidently the religion of losers: “[Islam] has blotted out their strong… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
![“I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children as beautiful and as worthy of society's admiration, what types of human behavior can be…” quote by Ruth Hurmence Green](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d68/ruth-hurmence-green-28287_admiration_i-am-now-convinced-that-children-should_1619882.png)
![“A [Jewish] woman could not divorce her husband, but she could petition for divorce, and the religious courts could force him to grant the divorce on grounds of impotence, denial of conjugal rights, or unreasonable restriction of her freedom-for example, preventing her from attending funerals or…” quote by Israel Shenker](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/cae/israel-shenker-27464_attending_a-jewish-woman-could-not-divorce-her-hus_2126756.jpg)
![“Burridge goes on to say, “[T]rying to decode the Gospels through the genre of modern biography, when the author encoded his message in the genre of ancient [biography], will lead to another nonsense—blaming the text for not containing modern predilections which it was never meant to contain.”286…” quote by Trent Horn](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/f71/trent-horn-66792_last-supper_burridge-goes-on-to-say-t-rying-to-decod_76757.jpg)
![“As a Muslim author crowed a few years afterward, Christianity was self-evidently the religion of losers: “[Islam] has blotted out their strong and well defended kingdoms, and their lofty and towering fortifications, and has turned them into refugees in hiding.” When Latin Christians invited Kublai…” quote by Philip Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/a14/philip-jenkins-10529_books_as-a-muslim-author-crowed-a-few-years-af_2250746.jpg)
