#religion

"On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed."

"Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."

"The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope."

"If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism."

"People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers."

"If my name were C. Ross, I’d definitely be religious."

"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you,"said the Lion."

"To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god."

"With or without God, good decisions can be made; But only with God will great decisions be made."

"I’m sure I am wrong about many things, although I’m not sure exactly which things I’m wrong about. I’m even sure I’m wrong about what I think I’m right about in at least some cases."

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action."

"The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable."

"Mephistopheles: Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it.Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of GodAnd tasted the eternal joys of heaven,Am not tormented with ten thousand hellsIn being deprived of everlasting bliss?"

"Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner,"than to say: "I have no need of religion."The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God."

"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side."

"An atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said.An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated."

"The Theist tells us that the truth is god exists,the Atheist tells us that the truth is there is no god,while the truth tells us we don't know."

"Once you've condoned faith in general, you've condoned any crazy shit done because of faith."

"I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing."

"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell."