#religion

...evolution is not a religious tenet, to which one swears allegiance or belief as a matter of faith.. It is a factual reality of the empirical world. Just as one would not say 'I believe in gravity," one should not proclaim 'I believe in evolution. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#god #intelligent-design #religion #science #design

At the tattoo parlor, my friend worked with needle and ink applying a design to the skin on his client's back, as the three of us sat discussing our spiritual desires and ambivalence about religion. In the midst of our conversation, the man under the needle turned and said, 'Jesus is cool, it's just that they have f***ed with Jesus. I mean, Christianity was at its best when it was secret and hidden and you could die for it.' This profound, if crass, statement recognizes that the power of the gospel lay in its ability to be a counter-cultural and revolutionary force - not only a story to believe, but a distinctive way of life. The man's comment prompted me to consider the questions: Am I in some measure complicit in the domestication of Jesus? ↗

— Mark Scandrette

#faith #jesus #religion #design

I'm on a diet I plan to lose Guilt, Fear, Sin, and Doubt then I'll be confident enough to walk about. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#doubt #faith #fear #guilt #religion

We are not evil. We don't harm or seduce people. We are not dangerous. We are ordinary people like you. We have families, jobs, hopes, and dreams. We are not a cult. This religion is not a joke. We are not what you think we are from looking at T.V. We are real. We laugh, we cry. We are serious. We have a sense of humor. You don't have to be afraid of us. We don't want to convert you. And please don't try to convert us. Just give us the same right we give you--to live in peace. We are much more similar to you than you think. ↗

— Margot Adler

#wicca #dreams

Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I'll never understand God. My heart tells me I'm not meant to. [Vittoria Vetra] ↗

— Dan Brown

#religion #science #faith

The man who counts on the aid of a god deserves the help he doesn't get. ↗

— Glen Cook

#religion #dreams

An outrageous instinct to love and be loved blinded your arms to lines of propriety––Women and Men, Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, white, black, red, brown. An outrageous instinct to love and be loved executed your brain every hour on the hour. ↗

— Aberjhani

#christianity #human-nature #humanity #intolerance #islam

With their backs to the sunrise they worship the night. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#skepticism #superstition #religion

The giver of life mock of us only a dream we chase oh my friends our hearth trust But he really mock of us but with emotion we enjoy in the green things and in the paintings The giver of life make us live he knows, he rules how we, the men, will die nobody, nobody, nobody really lives on earth. (Manuscript, Cantares Mexicanos/National Library of Mexico) ↗

— ometeotl

#dreams

Dare 2 Dream ↗

— SaBrowny Rae

#murder #mystery #religion #romance #dreams