Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs. — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of an justified religious beliefs. – Sam Harris” — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“My religious beliefs also defied convention, leaning towards agnosticism and pandeism.” — Alfred Tennyson Copy Share Image
No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance. — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
“I do not welcome Lord Vader quite literally attempting tot shove his religious beliefs down my throat.” — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
“psychoanalytic institutes as monasteries or religious retreats and psychoanalysis as a system of religious beliefs. Whereas” — Otto F. Kernberg Copy Share Image
I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Religious beliefs are sometimes based not on testimony by others but on religious experiences of the believer.” — Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Copy Share Image
With our goddess, the Pachamama, and it is not possible to continue having a monopoly of religious faith, only Catholic. We have… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm die-hard religious, but I have my beliefs. I grew up right on the beach. We would wear flip-flops… — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
“1. Bullying is not okay. Period. 2. Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I would like to see the lack of demonization for those of us who stand on sincerely held religious beliefs. It's overdue.… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
I like to think of religion as languages, our religion is very cultural, it has a lot to do with where we… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
“Other than the substantial physiological impact of prayer/meditation, there is another much simpler mind-body intervention that helps all religious and spiritual individuals… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“You might be unsure about the true nature of God (or the life force in the universe) even if you have well… — Kimberly Giles Copy Share Image
“Was that all her religious beliefs had ever been then, a set of precepts so deeply inculcated in her that they became… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
Muhammad Ali was unquestionably one of the greatest boxers of the 20th century and a sincere advocate for his religious beliefs. In… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
“The fear of displeasing God and failing our religious responsibilities is so great that it pushes most members to do anything for… — Lisa Pulitzer Copy Share Image
“Money is more open-minded than language, state laws, cultural codes, religious beliefs and social habits. Money is the only trust system created… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Your religious beliefs typically depend on the community in which you were raised or live. The spiritual experiences of people in ancient… — Peter Boghossian Copy Share Image
“I strongly feel that it is only when there is a deep understanding of one's own religious beliefs and commitments that progress… — David R. Smock Copy Share Image
Most of us cluster somewhere in the middle of most statistical distributions. But there are lots of bell curves, and pretty much… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
“The term ‘atheist,’” Kirsch continued, “should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a ‘nonastrologer’ or a ‘nonalchemist.’… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“The Pilgrims had come to America not to conquer a continent but to re-create their modest communities in Scrooby and in Leiden.… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“here is something that is impossible for anyone to believe. The human species has been in existence as Homo sapiens for (let… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“freedom of religion has both private and public dimensions. It is the freedom to pray, to worship, to commune with one’s fellows… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“The traditional arguments for the existence of God have been fairly thoroughly criticised by philosophers. But the theologian can, if he wishes,… — J.L. Mackie Copy Share Image
“The fourth and final dimension of religious freedom in full is the right—both individually and as part of a larger religious community—to… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should not be cowed by exaggerated sensitivity to people's religious beliefs and fail to speak vigorously… — S.T. Joshi Copy Share Image
“The Mennonites have Dirk Willems, who was arrested for his religious beliefs in the sixteenth century and held in a prison tower.… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I don't affiliate myself with any specific religious group. I connect to different ritualistic aspects of different belief systems, and I see… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“When was the last time that someone was criticized for not "respecting" another person's unfounded beliefs about physics or history? The same… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
What used to help us to cope with transience was stuff like, extended families all living in one place, or very strong… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Because religious beliefs and experiences cannot be reliably validated through logical deduction or observational induction, validation occurs only by satisfying the emotions… — Scott Atran Copy Share Image
I like to keep an open mind, but I do think there is some form of energy that exists separate to our… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards… — Isaac Hayes Copy Share Image
The opinions of men should not be the object of any government. Our civil rights are no more dependent on our religious… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Positive secularism is not tolerance of all religions, but it is the total denial of religious beliefs: it is the emergence of… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
