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Religion Quotes
"In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees."
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"Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me."
62
"The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence."
60
"Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion."
56
"The name of the new religion," said Rumfoord, "is The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent."
56
"There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion."
47
"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science."
45
"Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders."
45
"Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion."
42
"I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire."
40
"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."
38
"Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible."
37
"Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines."
37
"Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion."
34
"True religious movements prosper and flourish under tribulation."
34
"The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism."
33
"All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many."
33
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely."
32
"Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy."
28
"I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument was that secularization and modernity go hand in hand. With more modernization comes more secularization."
26
"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection."
24
"Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice."
24
"Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization."
22
"It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us our sins than to come down to Earth in his alter ego as his son and have himself hideously tortured and executed so that he could forgive himself."
22
"Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law."
20
"I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about."
19
"Everywhere where detestable Islam has not yet driven out the ancient, profound religions of humanity with fire and sword, my ascetic results would have to fear the reproach of being trivial."
19
"Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there."
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