“Many [Tudor-era religious radicals] believed then, exactly as Christian fundamentalists do today, that they lived in the 'last days' before Armageddon and,… — C.J. Sansom Copy Share Image
I wasn't allowed to see movies when I was a child. It was against the religion I was raised in, Fundamentalist Baptist.… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
Work is not primarily a thing one does to live but the thing one lives to do. It is, or it should… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
The distortions and insults about organized religion will continue unabated as long as our popular culture continues its overall campaign against judgment… — Michael Medved Copy Share Image
“An enormous amount of energy has been expended uselessly in the past, in assaulting positions that are no longer held. For example,… — Robert Hugh Benson Copy Share Image
You never hear Jesus say in Pilate's judgement hall one word that would let you imagine that He was sorry that He… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Our cross is the point of our unlikeness to the image of Christ, where we must die to self in order to… — M. Robert Mulholland Jr Copy Share Image
I know that I had not faith, unless the faith of a devil, the faith of Judas, that speculative, notional, airy shadow,… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Now, we know this is what [H.P.] Lovecraft was into. Because he kept talking about how he wasn't interested in religion. In… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
It's not as if the New Testament writers came along and said, "The culmination of Old Testament books is more books, New… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
I am the stereo-typical classic lapsed Catholic. Religious themes crop up in my songs sometimes as metaphors and other kinds of touchstones… — Ted Leo Copy Share Image
Out of the element of participation follows the certainty of faith; out of the element of separation follows the doubt in faith.… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
“[M]ost Americans are still drawing some water from the Christian well. But a growing number are inventing their own versions of what… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“When I heard of the shady tactics of the Moonies, my initial indignation was modified by empathy. I remembered only too well… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
“All that the Lord thy God commands thee to do, that do thou to the Lord thy God: add nothing to it,… — John Knox Copy Share Image
“People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don't necessarily… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
The world has never been as divided as it is now, what with religious wars, genocides, a lack of respect for the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“A mind that is free of any distortion is really the true religious mind, not a mind that goes to the temple,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“My experience of ALL had made me realise that religions are both irrelevant and vitally important. Irrelevant to God, vitally important in… — Michelle Frost Copy Share Image
“Expository preaching will impact your life. It can help you grow personally in knowledge and obedience by your disciplined exposure to God’s… — Ramesh Richard Copy Share Image
Believers often forget that most atheists used to be religious, that many non-believers used to think they had a personal relationship with… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
The Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdom of God; and to prepare their minds to become his obedient subjects;… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The Church of Christ, zealous and cautious guardian of the dogmas deposited with it, never changes any phase of them. It does… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
“But it is John who stresses most explicitly that Jesus’ death did not come as an accident but was fully willed and… — Andreas Köstenberger Copy Share Image
Every revival in history seems to be the result of a few people becoming so hungry for God that they wanted Him… — Rick Joyner Copy Share Image
It's not like activist work is a nice add-on to what's really important, the spiritual work. The two are inseparable and it… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
“—Baptism is administered by means of washing, i. e. applying the water to the subject. This application must be a true ablu… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“When you struggle with your faith, when you face the dark night of the soul, when you are not sure of where… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Religion has ever been anti-human, anti-woman, anti-life, anti-peace, anti-reason and anti-science. The god idea has been detrimental not only to humankind but… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't… — Madhur Bhandarkar Copy Share Image
For me, creating the clothes of Givenchy is the way to make my tribe. It's related to religion, too, because it's people… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
To most theistic believers, human life can have no meaning in a universe without God. Quite sincerely, and with understandable yearning for… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
“There were excesses in science and there were excesses in religion. A reasonable man wouldn’t be stampeded by either one. There were… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
You never know what little bundle of encouragements artists carry around with them, what little pats on the back from what hands,… — Luciano Pavarotti Copy Share Image
We call religious liberty our first freedom, for a reason of course, because it's listed first. And that's because the founders understood:… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“I believe with perfect faith that at this very moment millions of human beings are standing at crossroads and intersections, in jungles… — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
Life is trying to teach us one thing: to see the Eck, Holy Spirit, in the eyes of all we meet. This… — Harold Klemp Copy Share Image
Sometimes religion becomes yet another source for more division and even open conflict. Because of that situation, I feel the different religious… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
![“Many [Tudor-era religious radicals] believed then, exactly as Christian fundamentalists do today, that they lived in the 'last days' before Armageddon and, again just as now, saw signs all around in the world that they took as certain proof that the Apocalypse was imminent. Again like…” quote by C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/c-j-sansom-22985_apocalypse_many-tudor-era-religious-radicals-believ_2017683.jpg)
![“Now, we know this is what [H.P.] Lovecraft was into. Because he kept talking about how he wasn't interested in religion. In a heaven state there is no religion, meaning that you're seeing the whole thing ... I mean, to worship something means that it's something beyond you, right? In other words…” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/paul-laffoley-7077_heaven_now-we-know-this-is-what-h-p-lovecraft-w_2029774.jpg)
![“[M]ost Americans are still drawing some water from the Christian well. But a growing number are inventing their own versions of what Christianity means, abandoning the nuances of traditional theology in favor of religions that stroke their egos and indulge or even celebrate their worst impulses…” quote by Ross Douthat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd7/ross-douthat-2949_american-life_m-ost-americans-are-still-drawing-some-w_743522.jpg)
