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Although it is undoubtedly true man was created by God; it is just as true that man was "made" by Satan." The Milkweed Prophesy; Epitaph of the Apocalypse ↗

— Milkweed L. Augustine

#nonficion #prophesy #religion #sacred-theology #religion

Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy. ↗

— Richard Rohr

#clergy #failure #religion #life

Immorality is the word we use to describe people that are not sinning the same way we are. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#church #hypocrisy #hypocrites #immorality #judgement

I looked at all the caged animals. . . . . . . the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear and dread, sadness and betrayal. And I was angry. "God," I said, "this is terrible! Why don't you do something?" God was silent for a moment and then He spoke softly. "I have done something. . . I created you. ↗

— Jim Willis

#god #help #love #religion #love

When I first came here it was a pure country. There was music and dancing and magic every day in the streets. "Now it's finished, everything. Even the religion. In a few more years the whole country will be like all the other Moslem countries, just a huge European slum, full of poverty and hatred. ↗

— Paul Bowles

#music

In silence alone does a man's truth bind itself together and strike root. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#man #religion #silence #spirituality #truth

The most dangerous aspect of religion is its tendency to glorify the absurd and justify the abhorrent. ↗

— Stifyn Emrys

#philosophy #religion #religion

If you meet the Buddha, kill him. ↗

— Línjì Yìxuán

#religion #religion

Islam's middle position can be recognized by the fact that Islam has always been attacked from the two opposite directions: from the side of religion, that is too natural, actual, and tuned to the world; and from the side of science that it contains religious and mystical elements. There is only one Islam, but like man, it has both soul and body. ↗

— Alija Izetbegović

#nature

Sta mi mogu moji neprijatelji. Moj dzennet je u mojim prsima, prati me svugdje. Ako me zatvore, to mi je osama sa Allahom. Ako me ubiju, to mi je sehadet. A ako me protjeraju, to mi je turizam na Allahovom putu". ↗

— Ibn Taymiyyah

#islam #religion #religion