#religion

There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#blood #called #christianity #church #communion

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil. ↗

— Anna Jameson

#begins #either #ends #evil #fanaticism

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#considered #difference #friend #i #never

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#must #our #our lives #read #religion

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#censor #difference #each #office #opinion

Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#confused #driven #faith #interest #my own

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#am #became #christianity #empire #execution

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#knees #religion

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears. ↗

— Helen Keller

#before #behind #climb #fears #god

My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#centers #considered #conventional #different #different areas