#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

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

It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went around the earth. Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings. (Can You Believe in God and Evolution? Time Magazine, August 7, 2005) ↗

— Steven Pinker

#science #skepticism #design

This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. ↗

— Isaac Newton

#id #intelligent-design #religion #religion-and-science #science

[T]he scripture worshippers put the writings ahead of God. Instead of interpreting God's actions in nature, for example, they interpret nature in the light of the Scripture. Nature says the rock is billions of years old, but the book says different, so even though men wrote the book, and God made the rock and God gave us minds that have found ways to tell how old it is, we still choose to believe the Scripture. ↗

— Sheri S. Tepper

#religion #willful-ignorance #design

By Hays' reasoning, penetrating a rectum with a penis is a violation of how God meant humans to function. However, penetrating a human body with a sword, a common way to kill people in biblical times, is acceptable. Apparently human bodies were designed to be penetrated by metal implements, but not by flesh. ↗

— Hector Avalos

#bible #christianity #christianity-and-homosexuality #god #homophobia

I am serving the purpose for which I was designed, therefore I am satisfied with my existence. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#life #philosophy #religion #science #design