#religious

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a hangnail and deserves no more respect than an appendix. ↗

— Charles Krauthammer

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The left and right are not religious categories. They're often not even value categories. ↗

— Jim Wallis

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I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means. ↗

— Barbara Walters

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A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain. ↗

— Jessamyn West

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I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

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A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence. ↗

— Francis Wright

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Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it. ↗

— Francis Wright

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I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did. ↗

— Dar Williams

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Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

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When we look back, it becomes clear that the acts and accomplishments of human beings are the signatures of history. Human signatures have created an enormous chasm between the joyeous light of the age of the Renaissance to the dark shadow of September 11, 2001. Those of us living on that fateful day experienced the lower depths of mankind. As an author, avid reader, world traveler, and person of enormous curiosity, my life experiences have taught me that discord often erupts from a lack of knowledge and education. To discourage future dark moments, I believe we must nourish the minds of our young with learning that creates understanding between ethnic and religious groups. Perhaps understanding will lead to a marvelous day when we take a last fleeting look at violence so harmful to so many. I sincerely believe that nothing will further the cause of peace more than the education of our young. I would like for readers to know that a percentage of the profits from the sale of this book will be devoted to the cause of education. May all roads lead to peace. ↗

— Jean Sasson

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