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"God is universal," spluttered the priest.The imam nodded strong approval. "There is only one God.""And with their one god Muslims are always causing troubles and provoking riots. The proof of how bad Islam is, is how uncivilized Muslims are,: pronounced the pandit."Says the slave-driver of the cast system," huffed the imam. "Hindus enslave people and worship dressed-up dolls.""They are golden calf lovers. They kneel before the cows," the priest chimed in."While Christians kneel before a white man! They are flunkies of a foreign god. They are nightmare of all nonwhite people."
Yann Martel
"God is universal," spluttered the priest.The imam nodded strong approval. "There is only one God.""And with their one god Muslims are always causing troubles and provoking riots. The proof of how bad Islam is, is how uncivilized Muslims are,: pronounced the pandit."Says the slave-driver of the cast system," huffed the imam. "Hindus enslave people and worship dressed-up dolls.""They are golden calf lovers. They kneel before the cows," the priest chimed in."While Christians kneel before a white man! They are flunkies of a foreign god. They are nightmare of all nonwhite people."
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"Man created god upon his thoughts to externalize, to give form to his belief to give a reason for what they could do. The gods stole away the energies, let man believe he was ruled rather than that he rules."
Thomm Quackenbush
"Man created god upon his thoughts to externalize, to give form to his belief to give a reason for what they could do. The gods stole away the energies, let man believe he was ruled rather than that he rules."
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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."
Abhijit Naskar
"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."
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"So unbelief alone commits sin..Hence Christ calls unbelief the only sin."
Martin Luther
"So unbelief alone commits sin..Hence Christ calls unbelief the only sin."
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"The church preach so much about power in the kingdom of God but we don't talk about wisdom. Everybody goes for power forgeting that power without wisdom can be disastrous."
Patience Johnson
"The church preach so much about power in the kingdom of God but we don't talk about wisdom. Everybody goes for power forgeting that power without wisdom can be disastrous."
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"The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgement passed on their failures by the opinion of the world."
William James
"The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgement passed on their failures by the opinion of the world."
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"I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth."
Carl Sandburg
"I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth."
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"Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion."
Michael Shermer
"Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion."
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"There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost."
Moira Kelly
"There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost."
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"For instance, if Jesus Christ had died in prison, with no one watching and with no one there to mourn or torture him, would we be saved?With all due respect.According to the agent, the biggest factor that makes you a saint is the amount of press coverage you get."
Chuck Palahniuk
"For instance, if Jesus Christ had died in prison, with no one watching and with no one there to mourn or torture him, would we be saved?With all due respect.According to the agent, the biggest factor that makes you a saint is the amount of press coverage you get."
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"When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because he is a man and not on account of his ethnic origins or his religion."
Walter Kaufmann
"When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because he is a man and not on account of his ethnic origins or his religion."
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"As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school."
Cokie Roberts
"As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school."
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"Religion is love; in no case is it logic."
Beatrice Potter Webb
"Religion is love; in no case is it logic."
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"It seems to me that those who claim to be 'true' and 'bible believing' Christians and yet spend all their time and energy spreading unhappiness and hatred for others - and are themselves consumed by it - are by the very definition of the term - false prophets."
Christina Engela
"It seems to me that those who claim to be 'true' and 'bible believing' Christians and yet spend all their time and energy spreading unhappiness and hatred for others - and are themselves consumed by it - are by the very definition of the term - false prophets."
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"Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed."
John Galsworthy
"Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed."
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"Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion."
Liberty Hyde Bailey
"Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion."
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"Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?"
Charles de Secondat
"Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?"
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"I could never say that one religion is wrong. I could never say that this person's God is wrong, I could never say that someone is wrong because they don't believe in God."
Amber Tamblyn
"I could never say that one religion is wrong. I could never say that this person's God is wrong, I could never say that someone is wrong because they don't believe in God."
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"Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand."
Friedrich Durrenmatt
"Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand."
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"But aesthetics is not religion, and the origins of religion lie somewhere completely different. They lie anyway, these roses smell too sweet and the deep roar of the breaking waves is too splendid, to do justice to such weighty matters now."
Rudolf Otto
"But aesthetics is not religion, and the origins of religion lie somewhere completely different. They lie anyway, these roses smell too sweet and the deep roar of the breaking waves is too splendid, to do justice to such weighty matters now."
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"Who made these laws? That's what I want to know. So that's why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe in God-not religion."
Ja Rule
"Who made these laws? That's what I want to know. So that's why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe in God-not religion."
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"I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church."
Shaun Cassidy
"I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church."
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"True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion."
Henry Cabot Lodge
"True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion."
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"The equation of religion with belief is rather recent."
Arnold J. Toynbee
"The equation of religion with belief is rather recent."
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"My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion."
Jack Kevorkian
"My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion."
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"Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true."
Thomas Paine
"Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true."
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"There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine."
Walter Scott
"There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine."
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"A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook."
Francis J. Grimke
"A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook."
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"Being a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion."
Courtney Love
"Being a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion."
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"Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it."
Natalie Portman
"Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it."
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"Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture."
Christopher Dawson
"Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture."
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"I'm a firm believer and I think my religion is inside."
Billy Eckstine
"I'm a firm believer and I think my religion is inside."
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"It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide."
Desiderius Erasmus
"It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide."
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"I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality."
Dave Davies
"I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality."
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"Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas."
Clarence Darrow
"Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas."
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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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"Religion's in the heart, not in the knees."
Douglas William Jerrold
"Religion's in the heart, not in the knees."
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"We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through."
Sam Levenson
"We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through."
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"But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist."
Liam Neeson
"But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist."
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"I think the church and the religion right now have a lot more to be worried about than SLAYER."
Kerry King
"I think the church and the religion right now have a lot more to be worried about than SLAYER."
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"Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt."
Martin Scorsese
"Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt."
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"It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late."
Pearl S. Buck
"It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late."
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"Our religion, then, rests on the credit due to these witnesses."
Simon Greenleaf
"Our religion, then, rests on the credit due to these witnesses."
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"Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography."
Lance Loud
"Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography."
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"What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion."
Geraldine Ferraro
"What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion."
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"This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness."
Dalai Lama XIV
"This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness."
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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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"The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals."
Jonathan Lethem
"The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals."
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"Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities."
Thomas Paine
"Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities."
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