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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

#religion

Ingatlah, ketika Saudara diusir oleh orang pada saat memberitakan Injil, ada pahala untuk anda di sorga. Bagaimanapun kita dianiaya, dipermalukan, diusir, semua itu hanya membuktikan bahwa kita adalah murid Tuhan Yesus. Makin dianiaya, iman menjadi semakin teguh. ↗

— Stephen Tong

#religion

There is little hope of the repentance and redemption of certain some until they have committed one or another of the many wrong things of which they are daily, through a course of unrestrained selfishness, becoming more and more capable. ↗

— George MacDonald

#religion #religion

Washington politicians basically view the People as a capricious and dangerous enemy, a dumb mob whose only interesting quality happens to be their power to take away politicians' jobs... When the government sees its people as the enemy, sooner or later that feeling gets to be mutual. And that's when the real weirdness begins. ↗

— Matt Taibbi

#elected-officials #government #politics #religion