#religion

No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion. ↗

— George Whitefield

#religion #social

Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it. ↗

— Francis Arinze

#dimension #element #religion #transcendent

She used religion as a therapy for the ills of the world and herself, and she changed the religion to fit the ill. When she found that the theosophy she had developed for communication with a dead husband was not necessary, she cast about for some new unhappiness. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#unhappiness #change

I have always found the hardest mind to change is one that is religious. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#dogma #religion #self-righteous #stubborn #change

Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it. ↗

— Eben Alexander III

#inspirational #irony #laughter #religion #world

God withholds Himself from no one who perseveres. ↗

— Teresa of Ávila

#inspirational #religion #inspirational

What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God. ↗

— Max Lucado

#god #inspirational #love #religion #inspirational

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. ↗

— Buddha

#burn #candle #cannot #fire #just

Were prayers of murderers, when fighting on the “right side” of the war, ever heard—let alone answered? ↗

— Kristina McMorris

#philosophy #philosophy-religion #prayers #tragedy #war

What if we changed the story that has been peddled to us over thousands of years by those religions that want to control us, that this life is merely a stepping stone to something better or something worse, and that we can only achieve the better by passing through the doors of their institutions and following their rules? What if we trash this arcane story which has caused so much suffering and hostility, and accept that we have already arrived in heaven and that there is nothing more gorgeous than here and now? ↗

— Danny Scheinmann

#change