"Billions of people don't practice a religion at all."

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"One Lord, one faith and one baptism."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful."

Karen Armstrong, English Writer

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"If he is not the word of God, then God never spoke."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

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"The common mistake of the religious celibate has been to suppose that the highest spiritual life absolutely demands the renunciation of sexuality, as if the knowledge of God were an alternative to the knowledge of woman, or to any other form of experience."

Alan Watts, English Philosopher

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"It is possible to conceive, Anselm said, of a being than which nothing greater can be conceived. Even an atheist can conceive of such a superlative being, though he would deny its existence in the real world. But, goes the argument, a being that doesn't exist in the real world is, by that very fact, less than perfect. Therefore we have a contradiction and, hey presto, God exists!"

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

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"Unity despite diversity is exactly what defines Christianity as distinct from and antithetical to all other religious belief systems."

R. Alan Woods, American Author

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"I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect."

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian Philosopher

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"He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"You can prophecy without going to the bible school. If you acknowledge Jesus, you receive the gift of prophecy and you can prophecy. The holy spirit is always there for you."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

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"Dream not that worldlings will admire you, or that the more holy and the more Christ-like you are, the more peaceably people will act towards you. They prized not the polished gem, how should they value the jewel in the rough?"

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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"One Lord, one faith and one baptism."

"After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful."

"If he is not the word of God, then God never spoke."

"The common mistake of the religious celibate has been to suppose that the highest spiritual life absolutely demands the renunciation of sexuality, as if the knowledge of God were an alternative to the knowledge of woman, or to any other form of experience."

"Unity despite diversity is exactly what defines Christianity as distinct from and antithetical to all other religious belief systems."

"I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect."

"He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually."

"You can prophecy without going to the bible school. If you acknowledge Jesus, you receive the gift of prophecy and you can prophecy. The holy spirit is always there for you."

"Dream not that worldlings will admire you, or that the more holy and the more Christ-like you are, the more peaceably people will act towards you. They prized not the polished gem, how should they value the jewel in the rough?"

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"When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things."

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"I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need."