religion

"Voluntary self-directed religion was more dangerous to the Church than any number of infidels."

"Night, to the earnest soul, opens the Bible of the Universe, and on the leaves of Heaven is written,—"God is everywhere!"

"30 AD: Death penalty debate heats up after controversial execution of alleged "Son of God."

"Religions are not adaptations and they have no evolutionary functions as such."

"But we are all victims, Captain Bastable, just as in other ways we are all aggressors. At root we are victims to the comforting lies we tell ourselves, of our willingness to shift moral responsibility…"

"There are many signs that the judgment of God is upon the church as never before. Unless the early sacrificial spirit is recaptured, I am very much afraid that today's Christian church will lose its a…"

"t has become clear from the rumblings and soul-searching in the field of competitive strategy that a revolution is brewing. Managers and strategy researchers are"

"I’ve seen so many gods come and go, what’s one more?"

"I call this Divine humility because it is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when it is…"

"The progress of the sciences toward theories of fundamental unity, cosmic symmetry — how do such theories differ, in the end, from that unity which Plato called “unspeakable” and “indiscribable,” the …"

"It is moral by his code to get into office by false pretences. It is moral to change convictions overnight. Anything is moral that furthers the main concern of his soul, which is to keep a place at th…"

"We have to contend against... the hatred of the Spiritualists... the constant opposition of the clergy of all denominations... especially the relentless hatred and persecution of the missionaries in I…"

"Speak, Lord, our souls are hushed to hear what Thou hast to say to us. Great is the stake, overwhelming may be the risks — most glorious are the opportunities. Speak, Lord, and show us what our duty i…"

"It's a big mistake to think that your own cause, or your own country, or your own side has God in its corner. For one thing, it commits the sin of pride."

"The Prophet said: Prayer in congregation is twenty-five levels better than a prayer offered on one’s own."

"If God stops a man on the road, and calls him with a revelation and sends him armed with divine authority among men, they say to him; from whom dost thou come? He answers: from God. But now God cannot…"

"Kierkegaard cautioned that the crisis for biblical faith concerning conformity to the world, in one form or another, occurs wherever the anomaly of an established church appears. In the United States,…"

"The diversified authorship of the Prayerbook, embracing prophets and psalmists, legalists and poets, proclaims that all Israel has a share in its making."

"Their religion is unfeasible, for one cannot richly meet the glancing present … without long discipleship and secure sustenance."

"I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that."