#fait

Tell a devout Christian that his wife is cheating on him, or that frozen yogurt can make a man invisible, and he is likely to require as much evidence as anyone else, and to be persuaded only to the extent that you give it. Tell him that the book he keeps by his bed was written by an invisible deity who will punish him with fire for eternity if he fails to accept its every incredible claim about the universe, and he seems to require no evidence what so ever. ↗

— Sam Harris

#religion #skepticism #faith

I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a benign teddy bear that there is no aberrant behavior or desire of mine that he will not condone. I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#faith #jesus #spiritual #faith

You can believe something really hard,' Faith says, 'and still be wrong. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#faith

Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#princes #witches #faith

We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper. ↗

— Sam Harris

#atheism #belief #ethics #faith #humanism

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#self-worth #serenity #faith

Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up of people, every faith also has its assholes. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #humor #religion #faith

When everything gets answered, it's fake. ↗

— Sean Penn

#faith #film #god #magazines #movies

God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one ↗

— Rumi

#faith #inspirational #love #faith

You darkness, that I come from, I love you more than all the fires that fence in the world, for the fire makes a circle of light for everyone, and then no one outside learns of you. But the darkness pulls in everything: shapes and fires, animals and myself, how easily it gathers them! - powers and people - and it is possible a great energy is moving near me. I have faith in nights. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#faith