#beliefs

All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for worshipping and sharing the mysteries. Nevertheless, that person is the only one responsible for his or her actions along the way and has no right to shift responsibility for any personal decisions on to that religion. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#paulo-coelho #politics #religion #religion

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

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Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs. ↗

— Guy Debord

#ignorance #periods #quotations #useful

This is a free country, and nobody should be criticized for their political beliefs. We're all allowed to have our opinions. ↗

— Shannen Doherty

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I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push their beliefs, unless they're extremely well informed. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#beliefs #comfortable #extremely #feel #i

In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our actual beliefs shape what we do - not simply to agree that kindness is better than cruelty. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

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Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#beliefs #competing #essential #evolved #religions

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs. ↗

— Thomas Wolfe

#arts #beliefs #culture #elevated #set

Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each other so easily. One possible reason for this may be that people do not know enough about other people's beliefs. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

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There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

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