I can honestly say that there are many forms of atheism that I find far more admirable than many forms of Christianity… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
The Bible is not a book of magic. It's a book of mystery. You can't just quote verses that support your prejudices… — Mel White Copy Share Image
I wish that our culture could retain the symbolism and emotional power of traditional religion while combining it with reason and science… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
The establishment of a rating system, voluntary or otherwise, opens the door to an endless parade of moral quality control programs based… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
In politics, as in religion, it so happens, that we have less charity for those who believe the half of our creed,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The generosity of spirit that is usually shown by advanced democracies disappears when the public feel two things: that their government is… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Jesus doesn’t dominate the other, avoid the other, colonize the other, intimidate the other, demonize the other, or marginalize the other. He… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
No one has proof that I know of, that a higher power exists, yet a major portion of the world believes in… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
“I cannot understand why we idle discussing religion. If we are honest—and scientists have to be—we must admit that religion is a… — Paul A.M. Dirac Copy Share Image
Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I thought that some of the hymns bespoke the true religion of the place. The people didn't really want to be saints… — wendell berry Copy Share Image
When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
“Bean was tired of talking about this. She looked so happy when she talked about God, but he hadn't figured it out… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The re-interpretation and eventually (sic) eradication of the concept of right and wrong which has been the basis of child training, the… — Brock Chisholm Copy Share Image
For a long time—always, in fact—I have known that life here on earth is not what I needed and that I wasn’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The matter is quite simple. The bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Religion is a personal, private matter and parents, not public school officials, should decide their children's religious training. We should not have… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“There is much that people do not feel like doing. But there are only two ways to live. These two ways of… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
Jesus is now the Lord; He is enthroned at the right hand of God; He is reigning in His kingdom. But this… — George Eldon Ladd Copy Share Image
We must refine our evangelization efforts, catechesis, and social-justice teaching to ensure that our people fully understand that religious formation and principles… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
“Philosophy cannot and should not give us an account of faith, but should understand itself and know just what it has indeed… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Moyers: But if God is the god we have only imagined, how can we stand in awe of our own creation? Campbell:… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“It is certain, that, in every religion, however sublime the verbal definition which it gives of its divinity, many of the votaries,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The gospel of Jesus Christ is all about people. It's about leaving the ninety and nine and going into the wilderness after… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
The journalists think that they cannot say too much in favor of such "improvements" in husbandry; it is a safe theme, like… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“And my number-one spiritual practice is trying to live in the present moment … to resist projecting into the future, or lamenting… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
In 1967, in DeKalb v. DeSpain, a court (255 F.Supp. 655. N.D.Ill. 1966.) took a 4-line nursery rhyme used by a K-5… — David Barton Copy Share Image
[God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My dear young friends, I speak to you as one who stands on the edge of eternity. From that perspective, I see… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
When the situation seems most difficult, instead of struggling and depending on our own scheming, it is best to be quiet and… — Albert Kang Copy Share Image
As for those who protest that I am robbing people of the great comfort and consolation they gain from Christianity, I can… — Rupert Hughes Copy Share Image
“At its best, the expression crucified God reminds us that the power of all life, God, faces and suffers some of the… — Mark Lewis Taylor Copy Share Image
“Sadly, the Christian church has not proven to be immune to performancism. Far from it, in fact. In recent years, a handful… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
My gender has roots in my brain, possibly biochemical ones, living very close to the roots of my self-image... Far, far closer… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
“Other centuries sought safety in the union of reason and religion, research and asceticism. In their Universitas Litterarum, theology ruled. Among us… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Father, be near as we are surrounded by this cloud of deep suffering. Open our eyes to see that you are all… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I noticed that religion gave some people a way to escape dealing with the world: “Things will be better when you die,”… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image