Evidence is mounting that faith-based service programs are often more successful than other programs in correcting social problems. [It is wrong] for… — Ronald J. Sider Copy Share Image
“Religious fetichism finds its original motive in the delusion that its object, i.e., the idol, is not a mere symbol, but possesses… — Richard von Krafft-Ebing Copy Share Image
The Bible contains all the extant revelations of God, which He designed to be the rule of faith and practice for his… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Using your wealth to purchase other people’s loyalty is a game as old as humanity itself. Rich men use their wealth to… — Gregory F. Fegel Copy Share Image
It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
“Thomas Goodwin Jr. wrote of his godly father: In all the violence of [his fever], he discoursed with that strength of faith… — Thomas Goodwin Copy Share Image
“You can't take away people's rights to meet your own religious criteria. What about my rights? Rachel, just because it offends you… — Marie Sexton Copy Share Image
There is indeed good and there is indeed evil, and both walk the earth. But good has little to do with the… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
What distinguishes the arid ages from the period of the Reformation, when nations were moved as they had not been since Paul… — Gordon Clark Copy Share Image
At the heart of every human being or soul there is a spiritual energy, pure, of peace, love, truth and happiness without… — DRBKSatyanarayan Copy Share Image
“believe that this way of living, this focus on the present, the daily, the tangible, this intense concentration not on the news… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
Faith is precisely the paradox that the single individual as the single individual is higher than the universal, is justified before it,… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
O' Son of Adam & Eve, U born for a purpose and u should know that purpose, Nothing is permanent not even… — Kumar Destiny Copy Share Image
We are beloved spirit sons and daughters of heavenly parents, with a divine nature and destiny. Our Savior, Jesus Christ, loved us… — Carole M. Stephens Copy Share Image
I began to read [Bible] as a critic, an in-house critic. So I got to a place where when I got to… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment, first of all, implies an insight into the nature of Self. It is an emancipation of mind from illusion concerning Self.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The human psyche has two great sicknesses: the urge to carry vendetta across generations, and the tendency to fasten group labels on… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Why, from the very windows, even in the dusk, you see a swelling run through the street, an aspiration, as with arms… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Three tendencies can be observed in the estimation of dreams. Many philosophers have given currency to one of these tendencies, one which… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“Scripture trains us to listen to and learn from stories of all kinds, inside the sacred text and outside, and to discern… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
When a man really believes that it is necessary to do a certain thing to be happy forever, or that a certain… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
My music timeless mind by barbaric and relentless lyric poetic dying for justice in a time that's historic your mindless brain washed… — Jonathan Croft Copy Share Image
“He was, as every truly great poet has ever been, a good man; but finding it impossible to realize his own aspirations,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm working on different fields. One of my next books Insha'Allah will be a novel because it's important to explore the heart… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Judging others will avail you nothing and injure you spiritually. Only if you can inspire others to judge themselves will anything worthwhile… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
“What naive garbage. People don't want freedom anymore--even those to whom freedom is a kind of religion are afraid of it, like… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
In daily life, there are times when people are happy to talk about problems, but when the society is troubled by something,… — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
Teaching a practice can also be a hindrance if it becomes one's identity. To be a spiritual teacher is a temporary function.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“The Bible is a work of art. Were it not art, were it simply an instruction manual, it would not satisfy or… — Willis Barnstone Copy Share Image
Whether the Bible is Law or Gospel depends on the spiritual condition of the one hearing it. If someone is regenerate and… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
... many Hindus are willing to consider Jesus as a legitimate manifestation of the divine... many Buddhists see Jesus as one of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
To accept yourself wherever. you are… And don't think in terms of competition! You need not be anywhere else. Wherever you are,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The issue with desire is at the root of what it means to be human. There are major issues with how we… — Laura Dodsworth Copy Share Image
“Christians should pursue cultural activities not with a spirit of triumph and conquest over their neighbors but with a spirit of love… — David VanDrunen Copy Share Image
Rather than an excess of firearms there's a shortage of faith and family that has a lot more to do with what… — Kate O'Beirne Copy Share Image
“...there must be a renewal of the spirit of our forefathers, an appreciation of the American way of life, a strengthening of… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“Most important of all, individual believers can experience the power of the risen Christ in their lives today. First of all, they… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“have not some religions, including the most influential forms of Christianity, taught that the heart of man is totally corrupt? How could… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
![“Evidence is mounting that faith-based service programs are often more successful than other programs in correcting social problems. [It is wrong] for government to demand that religious nonprofits gut precisely that part of their program [funded through tax dollars] that makes them so effective.” quote by Ronald J. Sider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2fc/ronald-j-sider-37410_correcting_evidence-is-mounting-that-faith-based-se_954231.jpg)
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