#eli

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#religion #religion

The danger is that in reaction to abuses and distortions of an idea, we'll reject it completely. And in the process miss out on the good of it, the worth of it, the truth of it. ↗

— Rob Bell

#atheism #ideas #organized-religion #religion #religion

When asked why I don't believe in God I reply, quite simply, "vaginas". ↗

— Robert Clark

#humour #religion #women #religion

Lying on stained, wretched sheets with a bleeding virgin We could plan a murder Or start a religion. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#religion

Those of us who write and study history are accustomed to its approximations and ambiguities. This is why we do not take literally the tenth-hand reports of frightened and illiterate peasants who claim to have seen miracles or to have had encounters with messiahs and prophets and redeemers who were, like them, mere humans. And this is also why we will never submit to dictation from those who display a fanatical belief in certainty and revelation. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#history #religion #religion

As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#religion #religion

To a born-again atheist like myself, it is clear that each of us has multiple selves, talents, perceptions. But to the Roman Catholic, unity is all. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#atheist #born-again #religion #religion

It seemed there was always a close correlation between true believers and high body counts. ↗

— Dan Brown

#religion

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word. ↗

— Martin Luther

#devil #evil #religion #religion

Don't measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it. ↗

— Max Lucado

#religion