#religious

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

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

— Thurston Moore

#buddhism #considered #exotic #philosophy #recognized

It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#almost #being #brilliant #experience #forced

Your spirit is your spirit, whether you're religious or whatever. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#spirit #whatever #whether #you #your

I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth Amendments freely to practice and proclaim one's religious convictions. ↗

— Frank Murphy

#convictions #enjoys #estate #first #fourteenth

Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members of other religious denominations. ↗

— Russell M. Nelson

#denominations #else #every #group #inevitably

Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us. ↗

— Russell M. Nelson

#common values #confessions #do unto others #many #others

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#between #choice #chose #despair #existential

I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#big #cinema #deep #deep space #definitely

As a member of the Mormon church, Romney is instructed to tithe 10 percent of his income. That's in keeping with most charitable giving: Religious institutions get about one-third of all contributions, according to 'The American' magazine. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#according #american #charitable #church #contributions