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I never outgrew my conversion to atheism at 13, but at various times was a serious cultural Jew. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
In matters concerning religion, I consider myself not a child but an adult with 35 years of experience. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I didn't have the calling to be a priest. You know, either you do or you don't. — George Mikan Copy Share Image
I grew up in the United Methodist Church, and church was always a very big part of my growing up. — Hilarie Burton Copy Share Image
In the eyes of the Catholic Church, abortion is a tragedy. Our principle objective must be to try and win greater sympathy… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
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I am simply content to find myself always imperfect, and in this I find my joy. Good deeds count as nothing, if… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
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I grew up in a modern home, but my grandmother lived across the street in an old house that was built when… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
My grandma always had two gods: Jesus Christ and the United States of America. I was no different, and neither was anyone… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
What we argue in the piece is that the headscarf has become a political symbol for an ideology of Islam that is… — Asra Nomani Copy Share Image
Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
The concept of 'purgatory' is in Catholic Church dogma, and most black people are not Catholic - mostly their Christian realities focus… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
If the Christian religion, as I understand it, or as you understand it, should maintain its ground, as I believe it will,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
For me, actually, being a bishop in a bishopric where there's an academic tradition gives me this fascinating, challenging, but open invitation… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The young man [Turgot] destined for an ecclesiastical career was placed within walls carefully designed to keep out all currents of new… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch be true, religious persecution is a duty. The dungeons of the Inquisition were temples, and the clank of every… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Each simplest act, each hidden intention, had to be cut to the Rule and polished and perfected like the tiny stones of… — Katherine Cavarly Hulme Copy Share Image
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