Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it. Frans de Waal codificationfortifymorality Change image and share on social
For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment. Pierre de Coubertin religionreligioussentiment Change image and share on social
Basic religion is the reason we have morals. Brandon Flowers basicmoralreason Change image and share on social
People don't talk about religion a lot in Hollywood because it's not an incredibly safe place to do it. Zachary Levi hollywoodincrediblylot Change image and share on social
God is God, but he has various names in different languages, and each strand of monotheistic religion has multiple ways of describing the godhead. Jay Parini describegodgodhead Change image and share on social
Global warming has become a new religion. We frequently hear about the number of scientists who support it. But the number is not important: only whether they are correct is important. We don't really know what the actual effect on the global temperature is. There are better ways to spend the money. Ivar Giaever actualcorrecteffect share on social
What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness. Doris Lessing bearexaminefeminist Change image and share on social
I found it amazing people can think that art must be connected to religion. Religion may give art themes, but there would still be art without religion. Bach is not proof that art exists. Michel Onfray amazeartbach Change image and share on social
I think most of our religious institutions are pretty corrupt, so they're not reliable. I think the Christian religion that I was brought up with has very little to do with Christ, really, and more an institutions that have built up around the church. Richard Gere bringbuildchrist share on social
I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are they necessarily inseparable? Is man really so much of a philosopher, that he can conceive of truth in its abstract purity, and divest life and the affections of all the aids of the imagination? James Fenimore Cooper abstractaffectionaid share on social