“Moreover, this earlier tradition has a different view of Christ than the one that Paul explicates elsewhere in his surviving writings. Here,… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“All religions must, at their core, look forward to the end of this world and to the longed-for moment when all will… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It (Hinduism) is like the boa constrictor of the Indian forests. When a petty enemy appears to worry it, it winds round… — Max Arthur Macauliffe Copy Share Image
“Studying a book that was finished nearly two thousand years ago may appear to some like an interesting but somewhat impractical pursuit.… — John Snyder Copy Share Image
“The one great advantage of Bhakti is that it is the easiest and most natural way to reach the great divine end… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
... the Lord's Cross discloses the entire dispensation of His Coming in the flesh, and contains within it the whole mystery of… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
If you can frame climate change as an alternate religion, or as one more of those issues where the pointy-headed liberal atheist… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
“To think because you have been “saved” that you are now sane is insanity. God doesn’t fix the mind. He only gives… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I've spent so many years talking about poverty and economic justice, I'm strongly tempted to get biblical. Jesus' teachings are so radical;… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“In the history of science, ever since the famous trial of Galileo, it has repeatedly been claimed that scientific truth cannot be… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
“Do you trust threats, judgment, shame, or social pressure (even in church!) to change people, or do you trust the Holy Spirit… — Gregory A. Boyd 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
It is true that we have not deliberately or wholly abandoned the Christian element in our tradition, but does that element count… — Robert McCracken Copy Share Image
The Christians and the Jews do not believe that the Bible is the verbatim words of God. In fact it is clear… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
We do Him [God] honor in our pledge of allegiance, in all our public ceremonies. There's nothing wrong with that. It is… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Every thought which enters the mind, every word we utter, every deed we perform, makes its impression upon the inmost fiber of… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
The Christian religion, outwardly and even in intention humble, does, without meaning it, teach man to regard himself as the most important… — Ouida Copy Share Image
A great song awakens something in your body / mind / spirit or history that you had forgotten about. It ignites some… — Greta Salpeter Copy Share Image
The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is more powerful than anything else we believe. By His resurrection Jesus proved He… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Spring is beautiful everywhere, but it is more than beautiful in Lebanon. Spring is the spirit of an unknown God speeding through… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“To be a Christian means gradually, Sunday after Sunday, to be subsumed into another story, a different account of where we have… — William H. Willimon Copy Share Image
“For the natural selectivity of the island I will have to substitute a conscious selectivity based on another sense of values –… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“There are a lot of times the heart burrows deeper, goes tunnelling into itself for reasons only the heart itself seems to… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“My interest in Sufism began when I was a college student. At the time, I was a rebellious young woman who liked… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“In other words, that the discussion about what is good, what is beautiful, what is noble, what is pure, and what is… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
But the United States is neither a Christian nation nor the exclusive home of any particular religious group. Non-Christians are not guests.… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Whether at home or in church, your thoughts and your conduct should be always in harmony with the spirit and purpose of… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
Substantial and effective social advancements for women can only be instituted through passing laws that protect them from all forms of discrimination… — David L Wadley Founder All Women Are Beautiful - Wwwallwabcom Copy Share Image
Appreciation of life itself, becoming suddenly aware of the miracle of being alive, on this planet, can turn what we call ordinary… — Dan Wakefield Copy Share Image
Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles, and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If we continue to focus only on our “favorite” passages of Scripture, we may well miss something new that God wants to… — Andrew M. Davis Copy Share Image
“Believe me, you have too many practices already. What is needed is rather a progressive inner simplification. Too many people identify spiritual… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share Image
When a nation forgets her skill in war, when her religion becomes a mockery, when the whole nation becomes a nation of… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
“The path towards living in a spiritual manner begins by eliminating inculcated cultural biases, destroying personal illusions, and gratefully accepting the world… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“For Northerners, victory had confirmed they were on God’s side, fortifying their besetting smugness, and their religion resolved more and more into… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
“If I did not believe in life, if I were to lose faith in the woman I love, if I were to… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov Copy Share Image
“Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are a bunch of practical jokers who meet somewhere and decide to have a contest. They invent… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
If you are really spontaneous, people will think you are mad. If you go to a tree and start talking, or to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The study of theology is not merely a theoretical exercise of the intellect. It is a study of the living God, and… — Wayne Grudem Copy Share Image