#religion

Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#eclipse #fact #human #human reason #intolerance

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them? ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#god #practicing #punish #religion #reveal

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#appears #argue #competing #devout #here

Truth has two beautiful daughters; their names are skepticism and faith. Skepticism to examine the past to make sure it was not full of lies, and faith to believe that the future won't be full of them also. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#choices #commonsense #decisions #faith #investigation

I'm not involved in the politics of religion, but I love what the message is. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#i love #involved #love #message #politics

I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm not religious at all. I have no religion. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#because #being #ethnically #funny #i

I'm very passionate about philosophy and religion. ↗

— Helen Slater

#i #passionate #philosophy #religion #very

I love religion. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#i love #love #religion

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#doubt #part #religious #thinkers #were

So, basically, my view is I don't want to support the exploitation of animals, and within reason, I will do what I can to avoid it, but it's not like it's a religion for me. It's not like I consider I'm polluted if somehow some bit of milk or cheese or something passes my lips. ↗

— Peter Singer

#basically #bit #cheese #consider #exploitation