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"The Fremen have a simple, practical religion, he said."Nothing about religion is simple."
Frank Herbert
"The Fremen have a simple, practical religion, he said."Nothing about religion is simple."
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"One cannot worship the false god of nationalism and the God of Christianity at the same time. ."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"One cannot worship the false god of nationalism and the God of Christianity at the same time. ."
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"Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion."
Richard John Neuhaus
"Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion."
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"Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it."
George Bernard Shaw
"Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it."
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"In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs."
David Herbert Donald
"In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs."
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"First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat."
Huston Smith
"First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat."
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"If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
Woody Allen
"If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."
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"Religion is induced insanity."
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
"Religion is induced insanity."
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"The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it."
Noah Webster
"The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it."
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"There is a rising generation in this country who do not know God because of a general decay of religion."
Arthur Middleton
"There is a rising generation in this country who do not know God because of a general decay of religion."
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"I think Muslims have become the new Negroes in America. They are being mistreated at airports, by the Immigration - everywhere. Islam is a religion of peace. They are wrong."
Jermaine Jackson
"I think Muslims have become the new Negroes in America. They are being mistreated at airports, by the Immigration - everywhere. Islam is a religion of peace. They are wrong."
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"Dante, I think, committed a crude blunder when, with a terror-inspiring ingenuity, he placed above the gateway of his hell the inscription, 'I too was created by eternal love'--at any rate, there would be more justification for placing above the gateway to the Christian Paradise...the inscription 'I too was created by eternal hate'..."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Dante, I think, committed a crude blunder when, with a terror-inspiring ingenuity, he placed above the gateway of his hell the inscription, 'I too was created by eternal love'--at any rate, there would be more justification for placing above the gateway to the Christian Paradise...the inscription 'I too was created by eternal hate'..."
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"I believe there is a moral sense and a global ethic that commands attention from people of every religion and every faith, and people of no faith. But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world."
Gordon Brown
"I believe there is a moral sense and a global ethic that commands attention from people of every religion and every faith, and people of no faith. But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world."
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"Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God."
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"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one."
John Ruskin
"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one."
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"Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion."
Julia Ward Howe
"Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion."
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"The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events."
Cat Stevens
"The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events."
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"Christianity teaches righteousness, not rights. It emphasizes honor, not equality. A Christian's concern is what is owed to the other, not what is owed to himself."
Elisabeth Elliot
"Christianity teaches righteousness, not rights. It emphasizes honor, not equality. A Christian's concern is what is owed to the other, not what is owed to himself."
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"I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion."
Malcolm X
"I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion."
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"That's why we must continue to support godly men and women who have dedicated their lives to Christian principles and to continuing those ideas in our offspring. Professors' worldviews influence whatever they teach, from humanities to basic sciences, and what they think about God cannot be hidden from their students."
James Dobson
"That's why we must continue to support godly men and women who have dedicated their lives to Christian principles and to continuing those ideas in our offspring. Professors' worldviews influence whatever they teach, from humanities to basic sciences, and what they think about God cannot be hidden from their students."
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"Therefore, a search for God's will should begin on your knees. He will meet you there. Remember that Jesus promised, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7)."
James Dobson
"Therefore, a search for God's will should begin on your knees. He will meet you there. Remember that Jesus promised, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7)."
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"After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which o-ne is supposed to accept without question."
Stephen Harper
"After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which o-ne is supposed to accept without question."
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"God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped."
Joel Osteen
"God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped."
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"In this sublime hour, therefore, He calls all His children to the pulpit of the Cross, and every word He says to them is set down for the purpose of an eternal publication and an undying consolation."
Fulton J. Sheen
"In this sublime hour, therefore, He calls all His children to the pulpit of the Cross, and every word He says to them is set down for the purpose of an eternal publication and an undying consolation."
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"It is one thing to follow God's way of service if you are regarded as a hero, but quite another thing if the road marked out for you by God requires becoming a 'doormat' under other people's feet."
Oswald Chambers
"It is one thing to follow God's way of service if you are regarded as a hero, but quite another thing if the road marked out for you by God requires becoming a 'doormat' under other people's feet."
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"There isn't a religion on earth that isn't damaging to the human race because every one of them is patriarchal and every one eliminates more than half of the human race - women. They are all oppressors of women."
Susan Powter
"There isn't a religion on earth that isn't damaging to the human race because every one of them is patriarchal and every one eliminates more than half of the human race - women. They are all oppressors of women."
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"Jesus Christ says, 'Kill me and in 3 days, not only this temple, but all temples in the whole world will be out of business.' This is the most stunning thing any human being has ever said."
Timothy J. Keller
"Jesus Christ says, 'Kill me and in 3 days, not only this temple, but all temples in the whole world will be out of business.' This is the most stunning thing any human being has ever said."
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"For as Jews, the problem happens to be more urgent and vital than for others; because the destruction of religion on America will involve the destruction also of the religious training of freedom; and with that our civil liberties."
Louis Finkelstein
"For as Jews, the problem happens to be more urgent and vital than for others; because the destruction of religion on America will involve the destruction also of the religious training of freedom; and with that our civil liberties."
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"What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer."
Thomas Kempis
"What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer."
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"True faith in God through Jesus Christ, must be manifested with fearless spirit and obedience to God's law. Joshua 1:1-11"
Felix Wantang
"True faith in God through Jesus Christ, must be manifested with fearless spirit and obedience to God's law. Joshua 1:1-11"
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"But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon."
Adam Weishaupt
"But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon."
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"Organized religion is no longer good news for most people, but bad news indeed. It set us up for the massive atheism, agnosticism, hedonism, and secularism we now see in almost all formerly Christian countries."
Richard Rohr
"Organized religion is no longer good news for most people, but bad news indeed. It set us up for the massive atheism, agnosticism, hedonism, and secularism we now see in almost all formerly Christian countries."
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"Christians should never consult astrologers, psychics, or those who practice witchcraft (see Isaiah 47:13-14). They are usually phonies who only pretend to have extrasensory powers. But in some cases, they are working in cooperation with Satan. Rather than tamper with this evil world, the one true God wants us to bring our needs, problems, and decisions to Him. He has promised to lead us into all truth (see John 8:32)."
James Dobson
"Christians should never consult astrologers, psychics, or those who practice witchcraft (see Isaiah 47:13-14). They are usually phonies who only pretend to have extrasensory powers. But in some cases, they are working in cooperation with Satan. Rather than tamper with this evil world, the one true God wants us to bring our needs, problems, and decisions to Him. He has promised to lead us into all truth (see John 8:32)."
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"From the long range point of view, I do not know of anything we can do more important than to make some contribution to the preservation of religion as a vital force in America."
Louis Finkelstein
"From the long range point of view, I do not know of anything we can do more important than to make some contribution to the preservation of religion as a vital force in America."
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"Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why."
Ernest Renan
"Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why."
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"There will be masses available all day long. Confession available all day long."
Thomas Monaghan
"There will be masses available all day long. Confession available all day long."
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"Disappointment over nationalistic authoritarian regimes may have contributed to the fact that today religion offers a new and subjectively more convincing language for old political orientations."
Jurgen Habermas
"Disappointment over nationalistic authoritarian regimes may have contributed to the fact that today religion offers a new and subjectively more convincing language for old political orientations."
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"Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private."
Tahar Ben Jelloun
"Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private."
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"Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell."
Robert Green Ingersoll
"Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell."
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"I don't value authority. I don't value the systems. I don't value patriarchal religion. I don't value the things that diminish you when you do tell the truth. So I'm not scared of the end result, and that is the biggest asset I have."
Susan Powter
"I don't value authority. I don't value the systems. I don't value patriarchal religion. I don't value the things that diminish you when you do tell the truth. So I'm not scared of the end result, and that is the biggest asset I have."
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"The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures."
Ellen G. White
"The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures."
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"Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere."
Flora Lewis
"Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere."
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"Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech."
Samuel Alito
"Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech."
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"Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another."
Moses Mendelssohn
"Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another."
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"More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion."
Alexander Chase
"More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion."
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"The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live."
Bernard de Mandeville
"The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live."
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"Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns."
Daniel Morgan
"Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns."
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"Theology is anthropology."
Anselm Feuerbach
"Theology is anthropology."
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"I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need."
Anne McCaffrey
"I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need."
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"He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother."
Saint Augustine
"He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother."
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