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إن الذي حل النزاع في علم الفلك والإجرام السماوية لم تكن النصوص، وإنما آيات الله في الآفاق والأنفس، لأن النصوص لا تبحث علم الفلك، وإنما تلفت نظر الإنسان إلى مغزى هذا الكون المليء بالأسرار الذي ينبغي أن يصل هو في بحثه في الفلك وكذا سائر العلوم. ↗

— جودت سعيد

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Any religion with a sword is not a religion; it is merely an army of assassins! A real man of God carries only flowers in his hands! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

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There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, they thought themselves blessed—thereafter, their lives could only get better. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

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Things it is not polite to discuss at the dinner table: politics, religion, and the walking dead. ↗

— Mira Grant

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I understood and appreciated the miracle of birth, but I did not understand motherhood, nor did I appreciate the oveselling of it. To me it was a choice, one of many options. To others it was what women did. We were supposed to breed. It had been decided for us. Society expected it. Religion demanded it. ↗

— Judy Morgan

#motherhood-once-removed #no-kidding #religion

Earth is a homicide victim. We lose our children. There are wars. Disease. And God comes strolling by like a cosmic Billie Burke. ↗

— William Peter Blatty

#wizard-of-oz #religion

The leaf of the camomile, parboiled in water, conduces to calm. And yet I do not worship it. ↗

— David Mamet

#worship #religion

But yet it is evident that religion consists so much in affection, as that without holy affection there is no true religion; and no light in the understanding is good which does not produce holy affection in the heart: no habit or principle in the heart is good which has no such exercise; and no external fruit is good which does not proceed from such exercises. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

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You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. [...] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#discworld #morality-without-religion #the-individual #religion

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. ↗

— The Gospel of Matthew

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