Religious fundamentalism, magical thinking and self-delusion, have been justifications for some of the most horrific atrocities in human history.

The WeaverMy life is but a weavingbetween my Lord and me;I cannot choose the colorsHe worketh steadily.Oft times He weaveth sorrowAnd I, in foolish pride,Forget He sees the upper,And I the underside.Not til the loom...

Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul’s joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now...

While I respect the Judeo-Christian ethic, as well as the eastern philosophies and of course the teachings of Mohammed, I find that organized religion has corrupted those beliefs to justify countless atrocities throughout history. Were...

Believers often forget that most atheists used to be religious, that many non-believers used to think they had a personal relationship with their God and they used to ‘feel’ the power of prayer. They’ve since...

In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.

A proverb in the Old Testament states: ‘He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city’.It is when we become angry...

Adanya keragaman dalam Islam sungguh pun dasar utama dari ajaran islam ialah tawhid, yang mengandung arti penyatuan, telah terlebih dahulu disadari ulama-ulama Islam sendiri. Salah satu dari ulama itu adalah Syah Waliullah dari India. Ia...

Zombies are far better than religious people, because they do not discriminate in killing.

The true meaning of Christ’s teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.

Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it.

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There is good even in church people. You find it hard to believe, right? Jesus never shut the door on religious people. He just made sure that they understand He was that door, and not...

Merry Christmas!

Nobody can turn you into a slave unless you allow them. Nobody can make you afraid of anything, unless you allow them. Nobody can tell you to do something wrong, unless you allow them. God...

The family watched It’s a Wonderful Life, which is a very beautiful movie and all I could think was why didn’t they make a movie about uncle Billy?…Because he was a drunk and fat and...

It has been my experience that those who claim to be the most spiritual are usually the least so.

Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God.

Jangan jadikan seseorang saudara sebelum kau bergaul lama, sebelum kau mengenalnya dari berbagai sumber yang ada.

It is not a surprise that a person would want to be a prophet. What’s ridiculous is that other people let him.

Arise! Arise!! Arise!!!Christ beseeches you;Be born again,Tune-in to God;Meditate on His word;And be turned on,Talk to Him;Bask in His presence;And know Him,Be permeated with Him;And let your life’s aroma tell His story.2 Corinthians 2:15

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

Where’s your church?””We’re standing in it.””But this is a bookstore and it’s a Friday.””Yes, but you might also choose to see it as a cathedral of the human spirit-a storehouse consecrated to the full spectrum...

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

Ask , and it shall be given until you. That is no vain or untried promise, Ruth!

I must admit, that I have learned more from my negative experiences than I have ever learned from my positive one.

Ugly and futile: lean neck and thick hair and a stain of ink, a snail’s bed. Yet someone had loved him, borne him in her arms and in her heart. But for her the race...

Today’s Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of religious fanaticism.

The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.

Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever.

When every hope is gone, ‘when helpers fail and comforts flee,’ I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the...

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.

Viewed in this light, life itself appears as a dynamics of integration that is equipped with auto-therapeutic or ‘endo-clinical’ competencies and refers to a species-specific space of surprise. It has an equally innate and –...

Cherie.

When the challenges of mortality come, and they come for all of us, it may seem hard to have faith and hard to believe. At these times only faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and...

The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.

A wise woman knows when to stay silent. However, a wiser woman of faith knows that sometimes words can win the battle, when all odds stand against her.

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.

You know, when people who were once religious no longer believe in God, they never really change; they just go on, hunting for the ecstatic food, trying to satisfy that hunger.

We need your patienceYour knowledgewe need your caring heart

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith

Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be dismissed so easily.

No hay lugar para el místico que soy dentro del ateo que represento. Y no es problema de Dios -hace tiempo abandoné a Dios-; es conflicto de identidad, de realidad.

Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.

Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul,May keep the path, but will not reach the goal;While he who walks in love may wander far,Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.

Peradaban Islam akan dibahas sebagaimana ia berkembang melalui proses peleburan tradisi-tradisi tertentu dengan hakekat seruan Nabi yang berkebangsaan Arab itu.

We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.

Guess that’s thirty-one pieces of silver you’ve got now, huh? Sleep well, Judas.

Those who claim to be closest to God are furthest from Heaven.

Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won’t be made safer by creating barriers between people.