Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat. John Morley crimedutyexamine Change image and share on social
Twelve-step promotes spirituality, not religion. It gives a practical, day-to-day spirituality that tells me what I can and cannot control. There is room to be imperfect and to be someone who struggles to find God. Melody Beattie controldayfind share on social
At no point do I ever remember taking religion very seriously or even feeling that the biblical stories were any different from fairy stories. Certainly, none of it made any sense. By comparison, the world in which I lived, though I might not always understand it in all aspects, always made a lot of sense. Harry Kroto aspectbiblicalcomparison share on social
People who dismiss science in favor of religion sometimes confuse the challenge of rigorously understanding the world with a deliberate intellectual exclusion that leads them to mistrust scientists and, to their detriment, what they discover. Lisa Randall challengeconfusedeliberate share on social
I'm a firm believer and I think my religion is inside. Billy Eckstine believerfirminside Change image and share on social
It was really intense for me to start having conversations with God, when according to the man-made laws in my religion - to be homosexual is evil. Ricky Martin conversationevilgod Change image and share on social
Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny. George Santayana destinyenablefortify Change image and share on social
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes. Dave Barry macheteoffendpeople Change image and share on social
The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion, and distorts both. John Cornyn bindistinguishdistort share on social
The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church. Charles Eastman americanarmychurch Change image and share on social