“I found it again at last! Page 156 - 157 of *My Soul to Keep* by Melanie Wells. Dr. Dylan Foster is… — Melanie Wells Copy Share Image
Science is expanding, and with it our vision of the universe. although this new and constantly changing view may not always give… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
[ Christianity], in and of itself, sets itself apart inherently, and so, for somebody to say, Well it just seems to me… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Society in general maintains such a vested interested in its cozy habits and solidified belief systems that it had rather die -… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“But we as a culture have lost the deep intuitive understanding that Creation exists on many levels. We have succumbed to the… — Andrew Cort Copy Share Image
Americans will forever be proud of the brave men and women of our armed forces who served in World War II, and… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
Sam Harris fearlessly describes a moral and intellectual emergency precipitated by religious fantasies--misguided beliefs that create suffering, that rationalize violence, that have… — Janna Levin Copy Share Image
“Religious Jews believe that all things come from God, as God owns everything. The Tanakh says, “The Lord makes some poor and… — H.W. Charles Copy Share Image
When a mentally retarded child is born, the religious question we often ask is, "Why does God let this happen?" The better… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Terrorists are not bad; they are limited by circumstances. They are human beings. I am very, very, very sad when they explode… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
“John felt grounded again. He remembered his favorite Bible story, the one about Peter getting out of the boat and walking on… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
“While praying, always duck and cover. The authentic spiritual pilgrimage may require that you walk all the way up a holy mountain,… — William B. Miller Copy Share Image
“A second point that caught my attention was that the very persons who insist upon keeping religion and science separate are eager… — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
To preach the Bible as 'the handbook for life,' or as the answer to every question, rather than as the revelation of… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
“Christianity is not a doctrine, not, I mean, a theory about what has happened and will happen to the human soul, but… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Two visions of the world remain locked in dispute. The first believes all men are created equal by a loving God who… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“What is the gospel, and how do we bring it to bear on the hearts of people today? What is this culture… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Writing tends to cheer me; it always soothes my spirit and blesses me with the gift of an innocent, tender, childlike day.… — Gabriela Mistral Copy Share Image
“I write nothing for publication, and last of all things should it be on the subject of religion. On the dogmas of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I remember my first lesson on the pilgrimage was the lesson of receiving. I had been on the giving side for many… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
We are compelled by reflection to recognize that God is not to be placed against the material world [as in Christianity], but… — Ernst Haeckel Copy Share Image
“spiritual practice is conspiratorial rather than inspirational; it conspires to strip away everything you use to maintain the illusion of certainty, security,… — Rami Shapiro Copy Share Image
“When there is complete separation between the ‘home’ (the True Self) and the ‘foreign’ (non-Self), that is called vitrag vignan (science of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It's only now that I see the bigger picture: Our ways to attain spirituality may be different - through diverse religious, customs… — Sunita Williams Copy Share Image
I think so many people tend to think of faith as blind adherence to a dogma or unquestioned surrender to an authority… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The god of Judaism is the devil. The Jew will not be recognized by God as one of His chosen people until… — David Chilton Copy Share Image
To stay with that shakiness-to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Trees are extraordinary revelations of the spirit in nature. And, given the multitude of ways that trees and their products benefit and… — Steven Clark Rockefeller Copy Share Image
“For that flesh which has been moulded is not a perfect man in itself, but the body of a man, and part… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“If, therefore, from the settlement of the Saxons, to the introduction of Christianity among them, that system of religion could not be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
While we welcome people of all faiths in America we cannot be so naive as to expect all countries to do the… — Michael Huffington Copy Share Image
My faith in God is totally... there's nothing on this planet that can change my faith and love for God. Because I… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
Faith is powerful enough to immunize people against all appeals to pity, to forgiveness, to decent human feelings. It even immunizes them… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“mix epic individualism with extreme religion; mix show business with everything else; let all that steep and simmer for a few centuries;… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. And I say no, it's not, Dad. Well, I believe that… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
![“[ Christianity], in and of itself, sets itself apart inherently, and so, for somebody to say, Well it just seems to me like you can pick between all these religions and still have the same thing. Its kind of like somebody saying, You could pick between 80 bananas and one apple and say you have a…” quote by Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/max-lucado-190_apples_christianity-in-and-of-itself-sets-itsel_2272266.jpg)
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