#religion

This universe is shot through with mystery. The very fact of its being, and of our own, is a mystery absolute, and the only miracle worthy of the name. The consciousness that animates us is itself central to this mystery and the ground for any experience we might wish to call 'spiritual.' No myths need be embraced for us to commune with the profundity of our circumstance. No personal God need be worshiped for us to live in awe at the beauty and immensity of creation. No tribal fictions need be rehearsed for us to realize, one fine day, that we do, in fact, love our neighbors, that our happiness is inextricable from their own, and that our interdependence demands that people everywhere be given the opportunity to flourish. ↗

— Sam Harris

#love #mystery #reason #religion #spirituality

Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#religion #scoundrels

I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the Christian religion. ↗

— Jack Bowman

#belief #christian #christian religion #christmas #conditioning

My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god; I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#believe #earth #encompasses #god #i

Leftism seeks to undo most of the values that are distinct to Judeo-Christian religion. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#distinct #judeo-christian #most #religion #seeks

All religions develop, become exclusive, become divisive and quarrelsome. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#develop #divisive #exclusive #quarrelsome #religions

Das Spiel ist der Inbegriff demokratischer Lebensart. Es ist die letzt uns verbliebene Seinsform. Der Spieltrieb ersetzt die Religiosität, beherrscht die Börse, die Politik, die Gerichtssäle, die Pressewelt, und er ist es, der uns seit Gottes Tod mental am Leben hält. ↗

— Juli Zeh

#game-theory #philosophy #religion #religion

It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should therefore leave off being religious at all. By being religious we establish ourselves in possession of ultimate reality at the only points at which reality is given us to guard. Our responsible concern is with our private destiny, after all. ↗

— William James

#religion #spirituality #experience

Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#around #been #campfire #down #evil

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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