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Unfortunately there is nothing more inane than an Easter carol. It is a religious perversion of the activity of Spring in our blood.
A judge found it constitutionally intolerable that Louisiana should interject 'religious beliefs and moral judgments into teaching.'
I feel Jewish in the sense of culturally Jewish, I suppose the way Bernie Sanders feels Jewish, but not Jewish in a religious sense.
Students are not to read the Bible, jurors are not to hear it, prosecutors cannot quote from it, and teachers are not to display it.
Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one.
A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.
I have kind of an almost religious feeling about poets. I usually refuse to meet them because I admire them so much. Except for Poe.
Always have the fear of God in your heart, and remember that God is always with you, everywhere, whether you are walking or sitting.
Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.
Blasphemy? No, it is not blashphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if he is as little as that, He is beneath it.
One ape's hallucination is another ape's religious experience - it just depends on which one’s god module is overactive at the time.
Religion was important to me. My family and I were very religious. I acctualy believe the work I did was a calling from God himself.
The Neo-Pagan religious framework is based on a polytheistic outlook- a view that allows differing perspectives and ideas to coexist
Iran rejects weapons of mass destruction based on its belief system, its religious belief system, as well as its ethical standpoint.
The evidence shows that religious people - defined by regular attendance at a place of worship - actually do make better neighbours.
To attempt to be religious without practicing a specific religion is as possible as attempting to speak without a specific language.
It may look impossible, but God can do the impossible. Just because you don’t see anything happening doesn’t mean God is not working
Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.
When we submit to God's plans, we can trust our desires. Our assignment is found at the intersection of God's plan and our pleasures.
[In] the national and religious conflict of the [Byzantine and Saracen] empires, peace was without confidence, and war without mercy.
Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.
I have taught Philosophy, Religious Studies, English Literature, Cultural Studies, Writing and Publishing Studies, Critical Thinking.
Reporters treat religion as beneath mention, as personally distasteful, or as a clear and present threat to the American way of life.
Among all mental diseases that have been systematically inoculated into the human cranium, the religious pest is the most abominable.
I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.
The establishment clause was transformed from a shield for religion into a cover for the official sanctioning of religious tolerance.
My mother, religious-negro, proud of Having waded through a storm, is, very obviously, A sturdy Black bridge that I Crossed over, on.
I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.
A man who is an agnostic by inheritance, so that he doesn't remember any time that he wasn't, has almost no hatred for the religious.
Nature is God's workshop. The sky is his resume. The universe is his calling card. You want to know who God is? See what he has done.
The State may justify a limitation on religious liberty by showing it is essential to accomplish an overriding governmental interest.
I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to defend life for my entire career.
But I must submit all my Hopes and Fears, to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the Faith may be, I firmly believe.
That's because international Islamic religious fanatics have the same goal as the Axis fascists - the destruction of our way of life.
My work in television is part of my ministry. My ministry is not religious at all - it's part of my life purpose of empowering women.
I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt religion in conversation with others.
Isn't that why we're put on this earth to begin with, to make it a better place? It's not a religious quest; it's a humanitarian one.
The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius is endless.
Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.
Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!'
Your Life is always a result of your thoughts about it-including your obviously creative thought that you seldom get what you choose.
There is no physician like Him, none can save as He can; we love Him, and He loves us, and therefore we put ourselves into His hands.
I believe that whatever your religious preference, there has to be a commitment to family because everything really does start there.
A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death.
"Love covers a multitude of sins," (I Pet. 4:8). That is, for love towards one's neighbor, God forgives the sins of the one who loves.
The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when it comes.
For [Karl] Marx it is socialist society which realizes "concretely" the religious principles of equality, brotherly love, and freedom.
We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II
Why is it offensive to portray a creep and a murderer as a homosexual, but totally acceptable to present him as a religious Christian?
There can be no doubt that the systematic hostility of the courts to religion has lowered the prestige of religion in the public mind.