Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination
The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.
The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.
Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion - several of them.
Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven....The higher animals have no religion. And we are told that they are going to be left out in the Hereafter. I wonder why? It seems questionable taste.
For good people to do evil things, it takes religion.
An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? No, said the priest, not if you did not know. Then why, asked the Inuit earnestly, did you tell me?
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and “Thou shalt not lie” in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.
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