We ministers have undoubtedly failed to connect and apply Christianity to the practical everyday problems of the average man. In this, we… — Peter Marshall Copy Share Image
The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“In short, this or that behavior wasn't good because scripture said so. Scripture mandated this or that behavior because it was good,… — Tamim Ansary Copy Share Image
Corporate America limits the world to consumerism. Science can limit it to the material world. Even religion limits it to a lot… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
No armies are needed, no weapons are needed, no nations are needed, no religions are needed. All that is needed is a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The Bible- banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals have attempted… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
I always felt that organized religion was just basically a theological insurance scam where they're saying if you spend time with us,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“American fundamentalism’s original sentiments were as radically democratic in theory as they have become repressive in practice, its dream not that of… — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image
By a kind of happy pre-established harmony, such as a later age discovered between the needs of society and the self-interest of… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
“In former days," said Golenishtchev, not observing, or not willing to observe, that both Anna and Vronsky wanted to speak, "in former… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic.… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Creationists argue that natural selection is only a negative process, and therefore cannot create anything. Chopra argues that skepticism is only a… — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in… — Lahiri Mahasaya Copy Share Image
''If religion says that God is love, and why shouldn't two men be married.'' ''These rules were made my a God who… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
For years I bore the crippling weight of anger, bitterness and resentment toward those who caused my suffering. Yet as I look… — Phan Thi Kim Phuc Copy Share Image
“For many churches, as they seek to create comfortable environments in the form of worship services or small groups, have lost their… — Mike Breen Copy Share Image
“Most Christians are like a man who was toiling along the road, bending under a heavy burden, when a wagon overtook him.… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
The methodologies of examining hip hop are borrowed from sociology, politics, religion, economics, urban studies, journalism, communications theory, American studies, transatlantic studies,… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
You have to plan it [your devotion to God] every day. And, the best time to plan it is before your day… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
“Religious imagery and symbolism were the common idioms that all speakers employed when making rhetorical points. Rather than indicating a level of… — Steven K. Green Copy Share Image
“It is undefinable; and moreover, if it were defined it would lose all its value. God is not all that exists; God… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
My claim is simply that the literary approach is one necessary way to read and interpret the Bible, an approach that has… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
If we are to say that religion cannot be concerned with politics then we are really saying that there is a substantial… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
If we are to include the outer and the inner struggle in a conception more definite than that of conflict in general,… — A. C. Bradley Copy Share Image
It's not arrogant to say that you can't figure out the answers to the universe with your internal faith. It's not arrogant… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
When you examine the lives of the most influential people who have ever walked among us, you discover one thread that winds… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If you take a look at history, you will find that the understanding of what is good and evil has always existed… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
To cut off the sinner from all reliance upon himself, his merits and his powers; and throw him, naked and helpless, into… — Ichabod Spencer Copy Share Image
Despite the best efforts of apologists like William Lane Craig, the 'evidence' for Christianity's truth is, in truth, not the kind that… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
I don't know what you all believe, and I don't really care ... but you have to admit that beliefs are odd.… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
“For indeed, the Church is divinely constituted and lives by her own right, not by privilege. Who ever would have granted her… — Louis Veuillot Copy Share Image
I want my music to transcend all the barriers. The spirit of conquest is a trait that has survived in human beings… — Shakira Copy Share Image
“Are you really surprised by the endurance of religion? What ideology is likely to be more durable than one that conforms, at… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Religion does not strengthen the believer. Without a healthy skepticism and honed skills in critical thought and analysis, believers wander through a… — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
What elevates the human soul and empowers it to live in the fullness of its created purpose is not religious intimidation or… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
Evangelism is not simply looking at someone and saying, "Look, you have to become a Christian". Instead, an evangelist tells us the… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
As actors, the magic is in the almost spiritual experience to really enter another world, to really enter a belief of being… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image