It is with fiction as with religion: it should present another world, and yet one to which we feel the tie.
Preaching that is boring is preaching that talks first about us and then only tangentially about God. Preaching that is faithful is preaching that talks first about God and then only secondarily and derivatively talks about us. The God of Scripture is so much more interestingly than we are.
Christ preaches only servitude and dependence. . . True Christians are made to be slaves.
God save us from religion.
In the absence of fear there is little faith.
I can get away before the storm hits. Away from a world in which opiates have become the religion of the masses.
Religion is simply art bastardized out of all recognition.
Environment is a sculptor - a painter. If we had been born in Constantinople, then most of us would have said: 'There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet. ' If our parents had lived on the banks of the Ganges, we would have been worshipers of Siva, longing for the heaven of Nirvana. As a rule, children love their parents, believe what they teach, and take great pride in saying that the religion of mother is good enough for them.
The Jews don't beleive in Jesus! Why should I?! WHOOOEEEE!!
Religion! but for thee, prolific fiend, Who peoplest earth with demons, hell with men, And heaven with slaves!
I do not want any patronage, as I do not give any. I am a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. I simply want to please my own conscience which is God.
I believe BECAUSE it's impossible.
If you chose a particular religion, you were siding with the government religion of whatever region you were in. That's never been true in America, but also, the United States also has so many more immigrant groups which also tends to imply more religious diversity right away.
How could science be an enemy of religion when God commanded man to be a scientist the day He told him to rule the earth and subject it?
Have you ever wondered. . . how religious movements get started? Usually, we think of them as a product of highly charismatic evangelists. . . but the spread of any new and contagious ideology also has a lot to do with the skillful use of group power.
The Constitution does not guarantee freedom of worship. It guarantees freedom of religion. And this is what I call America's first freedom.
Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.
Letting off ammunition in every direction, Allah is my only protection. But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same.
You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.
Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion.