#god

All questions of right to one side, I have never been able to banish the queasy inner suspicion that Israel just did not look, or feel, either permanent or sustainable. I felt this when sitting in the old Ottoman courtyards of Jerusalem, and I felt it even more when I saw the hideous 'Fort Condo' settlements that had been thrown up around the city in order to give the opposite impression. If the statelet was only based on a narrow strip of the Mediterranean littoral (god having apparently ordered Moses to lead the Jews to one of the very few parts of the region with absolutely no oil at all), that would be bad enough. But in addition, it involved roosting on top of an ever-growing population that did not welcome the newcomers. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#israel #israeli-palestinian-conflict #jerusalem #jews #mediterranean-basin

Some people think nature is their God. I'd like to apologize to all those people for pissing on their religion. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#nature #religion #nature

Every morning I wake up and thank God that I don't believe in him. ↗

— Mike Malloy

#god #religion #religion

To think because you have been “saved” that you are now sane is insanity. God doesn’t fix the mind. He only gives you opportunities to have moments of clarity. It is your job to climb the mountain and see above the clouds for yourself, not to believe the congregation's interpretation of the view. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#brainwashed #personal-truth #religion #seeking-god #testimony

God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#father #god #judge #justice #religion

Of course I prayed-- and did God care? He cared as much as if in the air a bird had cried 'Give me,' and stamped her foot! ↗

— Emily Dickenson

#religion #religion

Praise be to God, Who has so disposed matters that pleasant literary anecdotes may serve as an instrument for the polishing of wits and the cleansing of rust from our hearts. ↗

— Ahmad Al-Tifashi

#literature #religion #religion

Away with them, away; we should not believe fairy stories if we wish to be good. Think of them as persons from the fairy wood. ↗

— Stevie Smith

#fairies #god #gods #i-was-so-full #religion

I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#god #religion #religious #walt-whitman #religion

No doubt, God took a risk with creation by granting it consciousness and free decision. ↗

— Eliezer Berkovits

#judaism #religion #religion