Self-righteousness and presumptive moral judgments pose a great danger in the political arena. To become convinced of the divine infallibility of one's… — Jim Wright Copy Share Image
The arrogance of some of those who are so damned sure they are right is just astounding. Scientific witch hunts are often… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
Religion appears in so many contexts in WW1. Religion shaped the national identities and ambitions of several of the key players, especially… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
If psychoanalysis was late 19th century secular Judaism’s way of finding spiritual meaning in a post-religious world, and retail is the late… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I think we need to think about Islamic tradition as a way of asking questions that cut across (and transgress) the assumptions… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
We have to reformulate moral standards. Human beings have to impose limits on themselves when it comes to their actions and desires.… — Gotz Aly Copy Share Image
Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular god and all the world thrilled to behold the amazing… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
The Angels shows are really intense. We play for a couple hours at a time. They're very theatrical and full of audience… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
A Muslim fanatic and a Christian fanatic, a Jewish fanatic, a secular fanatic, an atheist fanatic, a communist fanatic - all of… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
No secular state ever existed and none would exist until the end of the French Revolution, and so we understand that America… — Rod Parsley Copy Share Image
I'm not against religion in the sense that I feel I can't tolerate it, but I think written into the rubric of… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“Disputes that were secular in origin, such as the Arab-Israeli conflict, have been allowed to fester and become “holy,” and once they… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
The secular university is scandalized by the claims of revelation. Those who have, for whatever historical reasons, become seekers-on-principle, cannot tolerate the… — Louis Mackey Copy Share Image
Moral theory develops from the divine command theory of medieval Christian philosophy, mixed up with a bit of ancient pagan virtue theory,… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
I've lived here [in Egypt] among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
I think I have one answer, that is partly religious and partly secular; and that is to say, we ought to at… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The same comparison holds true within the United States itself: Southern and Midwestern states, characterized by the highest levels of religious literalism,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
When Jews left Judaism, they didn't stop being religious. They simply swapped God-based Judaism for godless secular humanism and leftism. For left-wing… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Preaching is compelling to young secular adults ... - not if preachers use video clips from their favorite movies and dress informally… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
When Sunday loses its fundamental meaning and becomes subordinate to a secular concept of weekend dominated by such things as entertainment and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
And on this issue of the Shia in Iraq, I think there's been a certain amount of, frankly, Terry, a kind of… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
Oh that God would help me waken in you a single passion for a single great reality that would unleash you, and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
To me music is music. A person of faith, a person that calls themselves a Christian, they are the Christian and they… — Michael Gungor Copy Share Image
“Believing this country to be a political and not a religious organisation ... the editor of the NATIONAL CITIZEN will use all… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
It is easy to respect secular Americans who hold fast to the Constitution and to American values generally. And any one of… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Arab nationalism, which tended to be until relatively recent somewhat secular in motivation, has now become increasingly religious and fundamentalist. And that… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
I think this is why the practice is such a comfort to secular urbanites like me-it's a technique, not a faith. You… — Michelle Goldberg Copy Share Image
“It is always easier to believe if you are opposed to something, or actually suffering for your beliefs. Without perceived or real… — Peter Grey Copy Share Image
India is a vibrant nation whose strength lies in its commitment to equal rights and to speech, religious and economic freedoms that… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
Intolerance has always been with us, you know. The moment you have ideology, we have intolerance, whether it's the secular ideology or,… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
It's a flaw in our argument, for sure. By any reading of evolutionary theory, creationists ought to have died out ages ago.… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The sad reality is that there are no purely domestic issues in Israel. Issues that would be dealt with by municipalities in… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The distinction between the religious and secular orders is a fundamental aspect of Christianity. This distinction is an innovation compared to Islam… — Walter Kasper Copy Share Image
I'd like everybody to be secular. I suppose I have to say politically I would like religion to become gentler and nicer… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I will go wherever the truth leads me. It is secular scholarship, Rebbe; it is not the scholarship of tradition. In secular… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
![“I've lived here [in Egypt] among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and Muslims and Baha'is and Sunni and Shia. The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular.” quote by Nawal El Saadawi](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c78/nawal-el-saadawi-4167_baha_i-ve-lived-here-in-egypt-among-christian_1326210.jpg)
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