Quotes about religious
religious heaven church
Even if the civil magistrate is so gifted as to prophesy in the church, yet in the sphere of his civil duties he is forbidden to call down fire from heaven, that is, to procure or inflict any corporal punishment upon offenders in religious doctrine or practice, remembering Christ's admonition that He came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Roger Williams
religious jesus principles
An enforced uniformity of religion throughout a nation or civil state, confounds the civil and religious, denies the principles of Christianity and civility, and that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Roger Williams
religious order law
But who is to decide who truly fears the Lord? The magistrate has no power to enforce religious demands. The laws of the First Table of the Ten Commandments are not regulations for a civil society or a political order. They belong to the realm of religion, not politics. Roger Williams
religious thinking self
Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth. Rupert Sheldrake
religious thinking conservative
I think Senator [Ted] Cruz's strategy is that there's 4.5 million, 5 million Republicans that didn't vote in 2012. This is the conventional wisdom and they didn't vote because they didn't like the nominee, wasn't conservative enough, or there was a religious component. Who knows what? Rush Limbaugh
religious hands names
If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down. Rush Limbaugh
religious government today
The way liberals are interpreting the First Amendment today is that it prevents anyone who is religious from being in government. Rush Limbaugh
religious reality thinking
[Faith] is nothing more than wishful thinking, and the wish is no evidence of anything beyond itself. Yet so many religious people take their wishes for reality. Vincent Bugliosi
religious couple fifty
A couple of flitches of bacon are worth fifty thousand Methodist sermons and religious tracts. They are great softeners of temper and promoters of domestic harmony. William Cobbett
religious heaven universal-love
Heaven's harmony is universal love. William Cowper
religious tree religion
In the gentle evening freeze, by the whispering shady trees I will find sanctuary in the Lord. Van Morrison
religious moving feel-good
It will make you feel good, and it will make you feel whole, when the spirit moves you and it fills you through and through. Van Morrison
religious giving religion
At the end of the day, we should give thanks and pray, to the one, to the one. Van Morrison
religious men religion
Men come, men go, all things remain in God. Van Morrison
religious believe men
I'm a religious man. I am Jewish but I believe in all religions. I believe in God and see him as an old man with a big white beard and pray to him every day for a few minutes. Uri Geller
religious jesus children
Consider Christmas - could Satan in his most malignant mood have devised a worse combination of graft plus bunkum than the system whereby several hundred million people get a billion or so gifts for which they have no use, and some thousands of shop clerks die of exhaustion while selling them, and every other child in the Western world is made ill from overeating - all in the name of the lowly Jesus? Upton Sinclair
religious thinking ideas
I'm not a quester or a searcher for the truth. I don't really think there is one answer, so I never went looking for it. My impulse is less questing and more playful. I like trying on ideas and ways of life and religious approaches. I'm just not a good candidate for conversion. Ursula K. Le Guin
religious peace true-identity
The greatest religious problem today is how to be both a mystic and a militant; in other words how to combine the search for an expansion of inner awareness with effective social action, and how to feel one's true identity in both. Ursula K. Le Guin
religious feelings roles
To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural background must first be understood. I should therefore like to outline not only my beliefs but also my conception of human institutions and of the human situation itself. U Thant
religious believe law
It is at least scientifically respectable to postulate that at the centre of a black hole the laws of nature no longer apply. Since most scientists are just a bit religious and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific we find humanity in a comical position. His scientific intellect believes in the possibility of miracles inside a black hole while his religious intellect believes in them outside it. William Golding
religious real character
No one can write their real religious life with pen or pencil. It is written only in actions, and its seal is our character, not our orthodoxy. Whether we, our neighbor, or God is the judge, absolutely the only value of our religious life to ourselves or to anyone is what it fits us for and enables us to do. Wilfred Grenfell
religious organization political
I am not here to parade my religious sentiments, but I declare I have too much respect for the faith in which I was born to ever use it as the basis of a political organization Wilfrid Laurier
religious lying winning
These ministries have merged pseudo-science with religious beliefs to create, in effect, a new religion, ... Eventually they will collapse under the weight of their deceit. But as long as they survive we will have trouble winning any political battles. Wayne Besen
religious mean tired
I say, Lord, do right be me, I'm tired of being lonesome, on'ry, and mean. Waylon Jennings
religious strong thinking
He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what's right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong. Waylon Jennings
religious common-sense common
I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God. W. Somerset Maugham
religious boys blood
I wept heartily over this poor little deceased soul. It was the first sentient being I had ever killed. I was now a killer. I was now as guilty as Cain. I was sixteen years old, a harmless boy, bookish and religious, and now I had blood on my hands. It's a terrible burden to carry. All sentient life is sacred. Yann Martel
religious mean science
When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we can mean such an extremely different thing as the religion of science, the vulgarized derivative from this pure activity manipulated by a sort of priestcraft into a great religious and political weapon. Wyndham Lewis
religious islamic people
We were always faced with questions like: What about a religious community like Milli Görüs, which is represented by the Islamic Council? And what about the Central Council of Muslims? But we don't wish to exclude people from the start. Wolfgang Schauble
religious latin views
I want to see religious instruction and sermons held in German in the mosques. The ideal, in my view, would be for imams to be trained in Germany and to speak our language, just as the Roman Catholic Church now holds mass in German and gave up Latin long ago. Wolfgang Schauble
religious real may
Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others. William O. Douglas
religious real believe
Men may believe what they cannot prove. They may not be put to the proof of their religious doctrines or beliefs. Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others. William O. Douglas
religious war political
The right to revolt has sources deep in our history. William O. Douglas