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Theology is just not important in Judaism, or in any other religion, really. There's no orthodoxy, as you have it in the Catholic Church. No complicated creeds to which everybody must subscribe. No infallible pronouncements by a pope. Nobody can tell Jews what to believe. Within reason, you can believe what you like... We have orthopraxy instead of orthodoxy. Right practice rather then right belief. That's all. You Christians make such a fuss about theology, but it's not important in the way you think. It's just poetry, really, ways of talking about the inexpressible. ↗

— Hyam Maccoby

#christianity #judaism #practice #theory #religion

If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...], I'm willing to bet he's an atheist too. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#god #religion #twitter #religion

Proverbs 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. ↗

— Anonymous

#biblical #christian #king-solomon #religion #silence

Their position seems to be that their God is so great he doesn't even have to exist. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#god #religion #religion

Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself. ↗

— John Paul II

#catholicism #god #goodness #religion #truth

What's the truth? The truth is what people WANT. Liars are basically idealists, liars are saints and prophets. Jesus was a liar. ↗

— Jane Rogers

#logical-thinking #religion #truth #religion

The white folks like for us to be religious, then they can do what they want to with us. ↗

— Richard Wright

#american #native-son #race #religion #us

Oh no, praying is great, without it the thumbscrews and the Iron Maiden probably never would have been invented. ↗

— Stephen King

#sarcasm #religion

I can't be a priest because although my heart is as loud as hers I can pretend no answering riot. I have shouted to God and the Virgin, but they have not shouted back and I'm not interested in the still small voice. Surely a god can meet passion with passion? She says he can. Then he should. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#religion

To be frank, I find religion rather offensive. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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