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Holy solitaries' is a phrase no more consistent with the Gospel than holy adulterers. The Gospel of Christ knows no religion but social; no holiness, but social holiness. ↗

— John Wesley

#religion #religion

Define the word exist, and you'll know whether God exists. ↗

— Bill Gaede

#existence #gaede #god #physics #religion

Whoever possesses God in their being has Him in a divine manner, and He shines out to them in all things; for them all things taste of God and in all things it is God's image that they see. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#religion #sacramental-awareness #religion

I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#meanness #niceness #religion #religion

There are certain verses in the Quran which convey injunctions similar to the following: 'Kill them wherever you find them.' (2:191) Referring to such verses, there are some who attempt to give the impression that Islam is a religion of war and violence. This is total untrue. Such verses relate in a restricted sense, to those who have unilaterally attacked the Muslims. The above verse does not convey the general command of Islam. (pp. 42-43) ↗

— Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

#quran #violence #war #religion

If that were God's plan, it's a bad bargain; I don't want to have to deal with a God like that...My sense is God and I came to an accommodation with each other a couple of decades ago, where he's gotten used to the things that I'm not capable of and I've come to terms with things he's not capable of...and we care very much about each other. ↗

— Harold S. Kushner

#god-s-plans #god-s-will #omnipotence #religion #religion

How do you know it's not true if you don't believe in it? ↗

— Pete Hautman

#religion #religion

Who knows for certain? Who shall here declare it? Whence was it born, whence came creation? The gods are later than this world's formation; Who then can know the origins of the world? None knows whence creation arose; And whether he has or has not made it; He who surveys it from the lofty skies. Only he knows- or perhaps he knows not. ↗

— Anonymous

#agnosticism #ancient #hinduism #religion #religion

...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce. ↗

— Tad Williams

#dystopia #future #religion

A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else. ↗

— Jane Austen

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