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"And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah's reformation."

"And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah's reformation."

Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

Religion, Result

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"Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God."

"Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God."

Cyril Cusack, Irish Actor

Religion, God, Discontent

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"Christ commands those who believe to be baptized. Pedobaptists adopt a system which tends to preclude the baptism of believers. They baptize the involuntary infant and deprive him of the privilege of ever professing his faith in the appointed way. If this system were universally adopted, it would banish believers' baptism out of the world."

"Christ commands those who believe to be baptized. Pedobaptists adopt a system which tends to preclude the baptism of believers. They baptize the involuntary infant and deprive him of the privilege of ever professing his faith in the appointed way. If this system were universally adopted, it would banish believers' baptism out of the world."

Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman

Religion, Baptism, Christianity, Faith, Believers

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"Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion."

"Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

Religion, Atheism, Selfishness

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"To declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem; freedom requires guns, it requires arms, but no feet."

"To declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem; freedom requires guns, it requires arms, but no feet."

Franz Grillparzer, Austrian Poet

Religion, Feet, Freedom

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"The sanctification of political power by Christianity is blasphemy, it is the negation of Christianity."

"The sanctification of political power by Christianity is blasphemy, it is the negation of Christianity."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Religion, Politics, Power, Christianity

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"Far from being hostile to religion is capable of rendering religion important services."

"Far from being hostile to religion is capable of rendering religion important services."

Henry Norris Russell, American Scientist

Religion, Being

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"Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator."

"Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Religion, Self, Symbol, Words

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"The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion."

"The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion."

Robert Jackson, American Statesman

Religion, Country, Day, Will

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"Finding that no religion is based on facts and cannot be true, I began to reflect what must be the condition of mankind trained from infancy to believe in error."

"Finding that no religion is based on facts and cannot be true, I began to reflect what must be the condition of mankind trained from infancy to believe in error."

Robert Owen, Welsh Writer

Religion, Error, Facts, Mankind

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"Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace."

"Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Religion, Courage, Dignity, Grace

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"A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality."

"A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality."

William Winwood Reade, Scottish Historian

Religion, Success, Morality, Buddhism

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"Don't neglect the importance of prayer in your Christian life."

"Don't neglect the importance of prayer in your Christian life."

Jim George, American Author

Religion, Prayer, Faith, Spiritual, Discipline

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"I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families."

"I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families."

Ja Rule, American Musician

Religion, God, Feeling, Want

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"There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season."

"There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season."

Ernest Istook, American Politician

Religion, Holiday, Nothing

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"I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for."

"I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for."

Angelina Grimke, American Activist

Religion, Order, Reading

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"It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on."

"It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

Religion, Society, God, Community

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"Jesus came to serve, and He wants you to follow His example."

"Jesus came to serve, and He wants you to follow His example."

Jim George, American Author

Religion, Service, Faith, Example, Life

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"The Bible may be an arresting andpoetic work of fiction, but it is not the sort of book you should giveyour children to form their morals."

"The Bible may be an arresting andpoetic work of fiction, but it is not the sort of book you should giveyour children to form their morals."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

Religion, Morality, Truth, Children

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"I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed."

"I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed."

Barney Frank, American Politician

Religion, Work, People, Hope

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"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."

"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."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

Religion, God, Forgiveness, Sacrifice, Sin

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"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."

"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."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Religion, Islam, Humanity, Fire

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"Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life."

"Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life."

Joyce Meyer, American Author

Religion, Forgiveness, Grace, Life

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"If you need a guide for your ongoing relationship with God, read Psalms."

"If you need a guide for your ongoing relationship with God, read Psalms."

Jim George, American Author

Religion, Faith, Spiritual, Wisdom, God

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"Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God."

"Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God."

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

Religion, God, Man

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"This is my religion. I take long breaks now when I don't perform and I am not myself when I am not performing."

"This is my religion. I take long breaks now when I don't perform and I am not myself when I am not performing."

Roy Haynes, American Musician

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"Religion which is interested only in itself, in its prestige and success, in its institutions and ecclesiastical niceties, is worse than vanity; it is essentially incestuous."

"Religion which is interested only in itself, in its prestige and success, in its institutions and ecclesiastical niceties, is worse than vanity; it is essentially incestuous."

S. H. Miller, American Author

Religion, Success, Vanity

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"Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue."

"Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue."

Pam Grier, American Actress

Religion, Bible, Conflict, Debate

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"The Christian church is an encyclopaedia of prehistoric cults and conceptions of the most diverse orgiin and that is why it is so capable of proselytising: it always could and it can still go wherever it pleases and it always found and it always finds something similar to itself to which it can adapt itself and gradually impose upon it a Christian meaning."

"The Christian church is an encyclopaedia of prehistoric cults and conceptions of the most diverse orgiin and that is why it is so capable of proselytising: it always could and it can still go wherever it pleases and it always found and it always finds something similar to itself to which it can adapt itself and gradually impose upon it a Christian meaning."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Religion, Church, Adaptation, Christianity, History

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"Okay, God, I thought. Get me out of this and I'll stop my half-assed church-going ways. You got me past a pack of Strigoi tonight. I mean, trapping that one between the doors really shouldn't have worked, so clearly you're on board. Let me get out of here, and I'll...I don't know. Donate Adrian's money to the poor. Get baptized. Join a convent. Well, no. Not that last one."

"Okay, God, I thought. Get me out of this and I'll stop my half-assed church-going ways. You got me past a pack of Strigoi tonight. I mean, trapping that one between the doors really shouldn't have worked, so clearly you're on board. Let me get out of here, and I'll...I don't know. Donate Adrian's money to the poor. Get baptized. Join a convent. Well, no. Not that last one."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Religion, Faith, Prayer, Help, Humor

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"Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave."

"Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Religion, Faith, History, Belief

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"Mercy reflects the presence of the Lord in your heart and your life."

"Mercy reflects the presence of the Lord in your heart and your life."

Elizabeth George, American Author

Religion, Mercy, Forgiveness, Faith, Grace

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"To believers, the bible is a holy book, to unbelievers, it is a story book."

"To believers, the bible is a holy book, to unbelievers, it is a story book."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Religion, Belief, Interpretation, Faith

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"I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion."

"I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Religion, Truth

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"Please accept a promise from me in his name that I will always live in the religion in which he died."

"Please accept a promise from me in his name that I will always live in the religion in which he died."

Giacomo Meyerbeer, German Composer

Religion, Name, Promise, Will

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"You can have Jesus in your spirit and have an outrageous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called, it's called religion."

"You can have Jesus in your spirit and have an outrageous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called, it's called religion."

Joyce Meyer, American Author

Religion, Spirit, Soul, Awareness

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"Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race."

"Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race."

Tim Bishop, American Politician

Religion, Leaders, Murder, Nation

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"Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion."

"Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion."

Tom T. Hall, American Musician

Religion, Name, Righteousness

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"Life experiences teaches me to depend absolute on God."

"Life experiences teaches me to depend absolute on God."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Religion, God, Experience, Faith, Depend

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"No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people."

"No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Religion, People, America, Nationality

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"It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause of religion generally."

"It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause of religion generally."

Louis Finkelstein, American Clergyman

Religion, Cause, Effort, Future

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"No matter what your religion is, be sure that it teaches you to treat other people as you would expect them to treat you in return. There is a great joy in peace and unity."

"No matter what your religion is, be sure that it teaches you to treat other people as you would expect them to treat you in return. There is a great joy in peace and unity."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

Religion, Peace, Unity, Joy

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"One was a book I read by Mahatma Gandhi. In it was a passage where he said that religion, the pursuing of the inner journey, should not be separated from the pursuing of the outer and social journey, because we are not isolated beings."

"One was a book I read by Mahatma Gandhi. In it was a passage where he said that religion, the pursuing of the inner journey, should not be separated from the pursuing of the outer and social journey, because we are not isolated beings."

Satish Kumar, Indian Activist

Religion, Journey

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"Do those people who hold up the Bible as an inspiration tomoral rectitude have the slightest notion of what is actually writtenin it?"

"Do those people who hold up the Bible as an inspiration tomoral rectitude have the slightest notion of what is actually writtenin it?"

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

Religion, Morality, Judgment, Belief

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"If you are truly able to walk in the shoes of Christ, the very label of religion called Christianity would disappear from the face of earth."

"If you are truly able to walk in the shoes of Christ, the very label of religion called Christianity would disappear from the face of earth."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Religion, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

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"The Church has carried out some of the most inhuman and above all un-Christian acts of human history, yet, it is still gloriously hailed by the majority of human population as to be synonymous with Jesus Christ."

"The Church has carried out some of the most inhuman and above all un-Christian acts of human history, yet, it is still gloriously hailed by the majority of human population as to be synonymous with Jesus Christ."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Religion, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

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"Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself."

"Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself."

Kary Mullis, American Scientist

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"God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked."

"God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked."

Voltaire, French Writer

Religion, Faith, Truth, Heart, Sincerity

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"Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples."

"Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples."

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian Philosopher

Religion, Thought, Man

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"Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise."

"Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise."

Gene Tunney, American Athlete

Religion, Exercise

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