Religion Quotes - Page 9

The mysteries of the faith are not to [be] explained rashly to anyone. Usually in fact, they cannot be understood by everyone but only by those who are qualified to understand them with informed intelligence. The depth of the divine Scriptures is such that not only the illiterate and uninitiated have difficulty understanding them, but also the educated and the gifted.

The church that does not evangelize will fossilize.

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.

God is Truth. There is no incompatibility between science and religion. Both are seeking the same truth. Science shows that God exists.

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.

As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or do not exist.

The religion of Islam actually restores one's human feelings, human rights, human incentives, human, his talent.

After all the great religions have been preached and expounded, man is still confronted with the Great Mystery.

Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

Every religion oppresses women. I talk about the Koran because I know this book best. It allows for torture and other mistreatment, especially for women. And I despise the Sharia laws. They cannot be changed. They must be thrown out, abolished.

Religion: Together we can find the cure.

This religion (Islam) recognizes all men as brothers. It accepts all human beings as equals before God, and as equal members in the Human Family of Mankind.

Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established.

I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.

All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically

Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.

It has always seemed unfair to me that many churches (and some individual Christians) keep careful records on how many converts they make to Christianity, but never keep any record of how many they drive away from Christ!

All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.

If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.