There is a crisis of religious authority world wide, and there are many reasons. One is colonialism.

Let us listen to what all the faithful say, because in every one of them the Spirit of God breathes.

It can be demonstrated that in any society there is a distribution of religious tastes and concerns.

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?

High ethics and religious principles form the basis for success and happiness in every area of life.

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Jesus was a Capricorn, he ate organic foods, he believed in love and peace, and never wore no shoes.

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

Outside of the will of god, there is nothing I want. And in the will of god there is nothing I fear.

If the intention is unclean, the deed that follows from it will also be evil, even if it seems good.

My desire is to live more to God to-day than yesterday, and to be more holy this hour than the last.

The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God.

In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes.

I was not religious, but I liked rituals. I liked the idea of connecting an action with remembering.

Books can lift our spirits, heal our wounds, steel our courage and strengthen our religious resolve.

The devil makes small sins seem smaller in our eyes, for otherwise he can't lead us to greater evil.

I really don't want to offend anybody, but I find all forms of religious fundamentalism frightening.

If you begin to live life looking for the God that is all around you, every moment becomes a prayer.

I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.

With the man in the woman, and the woman in the man. In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man.

Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.

The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.

God is an oppressor, He is incapable of human sympathy; behind a smiling face He hides an evil heart.

If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.

Every time that we sin, we are born of the devil. But every time that we do good, we are born of God.

My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant.

Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be; lead me by thine own hand; choose out the path for me.

What was once easy became confused and hard, which brings us back to the mystic question, who is God?

I trust Jesus with all my tomorrows, knowing that He will solve the mystery of life beyond the grave.

The life of Jesus Christ is a message of hope, a message of mercy, a message of life in a dark world.

Contraception contradicts the full truth of the sexual act as the proper expression of conjugal love.

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

I was raised a Catholic. But I am not religious. In my work, I am interested in real flesh and blood.

Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.

The concept of religious freedom is largely ignored in the curriculum of our nation's public schools.

The ACLU is not just religiously neutral, but staunchly anti-religious. Particularly, anti-Christian.

We have the most religious freedom of any country in the world, including the freedom not to believe.

Divine love is a sacred flower, which in its early bud is happiness, and in its full bloom is heaven.

The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd.

To ignore the religious nature of the terrorist threat is to succumb to politically correct delusion.

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.

Religious people spend so much time with their confessors because they like to talk about themselves.

I trust Jesus with all my tomorrows, knowing that He will solve the mystery of life beyond the grave.

The idea of "karma" reeks of primitive religious superstition, so I don't place a lot of stock in it.

No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost.

Please clean your plate dear, the Lord above can see ya. Don't you know people are starving in Korea.

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

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