#religion

You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#religion

The only answer in these modern times, as in all other times, is the blood of Christ. When our conscience rises up and condemns us, where will we turn? We turn to Christ. We turn to the suffering and death of Christ—the blood of Christ. This is the only cleansing agent in the universe that can give the conscience relief in life and peace in death. ↗

— John Piper

#religion #death

I am seldom otherwise than happy while watching in the chamber of death... . I see a repose that neither earth nor hell can break, and I feel an assurance of the endless and shadowless hereafter--the Eternity they have entered--where life is boundless in its duration, and love in its sympathy, and joy in its fulness. ↗

— Emily Brontë

#death #eternity #happy #heaven #joy

Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#inspirational #religion #faith

If Christ taught us anything it is this -- not to let our fear of death keep us from doing the good thing. ↗

— Robert Fanney

#fear #love #religion #death

Obviously, all religions fall far short of their own ideals. ↗

— Ernest Becker

#religion #death

The line of communication between God and man is always open unless broken by man himself. We are, as it were, always in the presence of our Father in Heaven. Through His Holy Spirit, God is with us always and everywhere. ↗

— John Andreas Widtsoe

#communication

...since the order of the world is shaped by death, mightn't it be better for God if we refuse to believe in Him and struggle with all our might against death, without raising our eyes towards the heaven where He sits in silence? ↗

— Albert Camus

#science #the-plague #death

We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#cruelty #ethics #ethics-in-religion #morality #morality-without-religion

Argue not concerning God,…re-examine all that you have been told at church or school or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your soul… ↗

— Walt Whitman

#personal-faith #religion #faith