As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed. Recep Tayyip Erdogan belongcherishconviction Change image and share on social
Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith. Kenneth Scott Latourette backbackgroundchristian share on social
Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any other religion in the history of mankind. Kenneth Scott Latourette callchristianitydeeply Change image and share on social
Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch. Larry Flynt begincausecrutch Change image and share on social
Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow bodycloudydead Change image and share on social
I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force. Ian Mcewan centerdarknessforce Change image and share on social
There is no religion that was founded on intolerance - and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life. Mohamed ElBaradei foundhumanintolerance Change image and share on social
Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there. Bonnie Raitt hellpeoplereligion Change image and share on social
The fact that I don't have any particular need for religion doesn't mean that I have a need to cast religion aside the way some of my colleagues do. Brian Greene castcolleaguefact Change image and share on social
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science. Sam Harris conflictdogmaexpense share on social