#religion

The Way is not a religion: Christianity is the end of religion. 'Religion' means here the division between sacred and secular concerns, other-worldliness, man's reaching toward God in a way which projects his own thoughts. ↗

— David Kirk

#christianity #concerns #division #end #god

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#freedom #god #law #prospers #religion

And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#how #i #knew #proof #religion

Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#external #god #necessarily #religion #search

He's Darkness. Unpleasant. I wouldn't trust him. Nor do I trust every mortal I meet. I don't know where evil comes from, and frankly it doesn't matter. Not right now. Histories and myths are renamed and reinvented eternally across the world. I can't speak to that. What I do know? This is your story. ↗

— Leanna Renee Hieber

#history #myth #religion #beauty

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#even #faith #love #love is #possible

And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living. ↗

— Toni Cade Bambara

#living #might #religion #technology #you

You just don't have faith!" Frank repeated. "Well I hope I never get it! It's like being hit by a hammer in the head! ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#religion #faith

Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#religion #scoundrels

I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the Christian religion. ↗

— Jack Bowman

#belief #christian #christian religion #christmas #conditioning