#religious

Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive, it remains vital, inspiring great good and, sometimes, great evil. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#believes #best #counterproductive #demands #economics

While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing - good for our political culture. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#ago #character #christian #culture #decisively

I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say. ↗

— Bette Midler

#celebrate #enough #everyone #good #holidays

The marriage of a man and woman is the most enduring human institution, honored in all cultures and by every religious faith. It's in this institution that children are meant to be nurtured. We know this after thousands of years of human experience. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#children #cultures #enduring #every #experience

Religious work is one of the best ways to keep from facing your reality if you are Christian, if you are using it to calm the pain, because that it what all addictions are, attempts to cover the pain of this spiritual disease. ↗

— Keith Miller

#attempts #because #best #calm #christian

We religious controllers control in the name of Jesus and it is really painful to people. ↗

— Keith Miller

#jesus #name #painful #people #really

Religious advertising is undergoing a dramatic conversion. ↗

— Lisa Miller

#conversion #dramatic #religious #undergoing

I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious. ↗

— Donna Mills

#catholic #family #i #religious #still

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion. ↗