#religion

The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#civilized #civilized nations #koran #laws #legislate

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#civilization #contradict #interpretations #needs #often

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity. ↗

— Maimonides

#begins #complete #confused #fall #however

Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion. ↗

— Maimonides

#assert #assertion #bible #extent #founded

Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost. ↗

— David Mamet

#cannot #capacity #cost #demonstrated #destruction

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

#bear #bids #directly #fit #honor

My first memories of religion were being taken to Episcopal church. My father was Catholic, but my mother, I believe, was Episcopal. So I sort of veered off into the watered-down version of Catholicism. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#believe #catholic #catholicism #church #episcopal

If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#everything #given #god #good #great

Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#different #different things #economic #gun #many

I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance. ↗

— Christopher Marlowe

#count #hold #i #ignorance #religion