Education is the key to perpetuation of the [god] virus for the Taliban, Baptist or Catholic. If the virus cannot control public… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
I believe in the theory of evolution, but I believe as well in the allegorical truth of creation theory. In other words,… — Christopher Langan Copy Share Image
Offerings to propitiate the dead then were regarded as belonging to the class of funeral sacrifices, and these are idolatry. Idolatry, in… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
Holiness is religious principle put into motion. It is the love of God sent forth into circulation, on the feet, and with… — Frederic Dan Huntington Copy Share Image
I illustrate with a quotation from the atheist philosopher Richard Rorty, who died recently and is, I suspect, now having a lengthy… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
It is the Spirit of Christ in us that will draw satan's fire. The people of the world will not much care… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The religious need of the human mind remains alive, never more so, but it demands a teaching which can be understood. Slowly… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
We must stop using the Bible as though it were a potpourri of inerrant proof-texts by which we can bring people into… — Robert D. Brinsmead Copy Share Image
Lebanon was at one time known as a nation that rose above sectarian hatred; Beirut was known as the Paris of the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) moved from a legitimate to a charismatic role, reversing the course followed by Washington. Yet therewere surface similarities in… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
God has been faithful and just, as He always is. He's been my best friend. Allowed me to come to Him on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If somebody harbours delusions, I think that should disqualify them from office, regardless whether the delusions are religious. Letting someone who thinks… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Revolt in whatever way we want, with the spontaneity of the London rioters, with the certainty and willingness to die of religious… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
That one woman is both mother and virgin, not in spirit only but even in body. In spirit she is mother, not… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
That is again the same story played on a more subtle level. That's what the religious people have been doing down the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Men, I am not a religious man and I don't know your feelings in this matter, but I am going to ask… — Robert Lee Wolverton Copy Share Image
Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while -… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of Nature, and therefore this holds… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
All who have actually attained any real religious experience never wrangle over the form in which the different religions are expressed. They… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We do not merely give a religious education because that would seem to imply the possibility of some other education, a secular… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
I want to make people think, and I don't want to come across like I am egotistical or that I want to… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Until the content of a belief is made clear, the appeal to accept the belief on faith is beside the point, for… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
The American Constitution is remarkable for its simplicity; but it can only suffice a people habitually correct in their actions, and would… — Francis Grund Copy Share Image
I do like the idea of the novel of repressed college students being a contemporary novel of courtship! I guess what I… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
In reality no food is valued solely for its nutritive power and no garment or house solely for the protection it affords… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth. One should always maintain an… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Restoring prayer ... will scarcely at this date solve the grievous public school problem. Public schools are expensive and massive centers for… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
We shortchange ourselves by regarding religious faith as a matter of intellectual assent. This is a modern aberration; the traditional Christian view… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
Phil Cousineau has created a fine companion book to accompany the important film he and Gary Rhine have made in defense of… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
I suspect the popularity of young adults and dystopian novels has something to do with a desire for allegory and old-fashioned morality… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
There are quite a lot of YouTube clips of me that have gone viral. One that I think of is of a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
This you may say of man - when theories change and crash, when schools, philosophies, when narrow dark alleys of thought, national,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The fundamental religious objection to the theory of evolution is not scientific but moral. [Fundamentalists believe that] evolutionary theory must be opposed… — Elizabeth S. Anderson Copy Share Image
At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Duality is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts. All our concepts and beliefs, no matter how profound… — Namkhai Norbu Copy Share Image
Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
![“Education is the key to perpetuation of the [god] virus for the Taliban, Baptist or Catholic. If the virus cannot control public education, it will seek to divert resources from public coffers to fundamentalist school funding. From the madrassa schools of Pakistan to the Christian push for school…” quote by Darrel Ray](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d0b/darrel-ray-22623_baptists_education-is-the-key-to-perpetuation-of_568881.jpg)
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![“Phil Cousineau has created a fine companion book to accompany the important film he and Gary Rhine have made in defense of the religious traditions of Native Americans. [Native Americans] are recognized the world over as keepers of a vital piece of the Creator's original orders, and yet they are…” quote by Peter Coyote](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0a8/peter-coyote-15778_accompany_phil-cousineau-has-created-a-fine-compan_1960346.jpg)
![“The fundamental religious objection to the theory of evolution is not scientific but moral. [Fundamentalists believe that] evolutionary theory must be opposed because it leads to rampant immorality, on both the personal and political scales. The basic cause of this immorality is atheism.” quote by Elizabeth S. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5a5/elizabeth-s-anderson-79971_atheism_the-fundamental-religious-objection-to-t_1735801.jpg)
