#religion

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#always #believes #bible #convinced #ever

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#only #religion #though #versions

Male circumcision has been practiced for thousands of years and is a deeply important ceremony for two major religions. ↗

— Brad Sherman

#ceremony #deeply #important #major #male

Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#celestial #god #lab #leading #makes

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism; and our second great philosopher was an agnostic. ↗

— Hu Shih

#already #ancient #another #china #early

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

Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#culture #far #laws #maintaining #moral

We must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life. ↗

— George A. Smith

#breadth #common #god #life #must

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere. ↗

— Huston Smith

#both #consists #drawing #essence #every

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat. ↗

— Huston Smith

#breeds #community #differences #drawn #first