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Religion

«The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.»
«The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.»
«The trouble with born again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around»
«The USA is so enormous, and so numerous are its schools, colleges and religious seminaries, many devoted to special religious beliefs ranging from the unorthodox to the dotty, that we can hardly wonder at its yielding a more bounteous harvest of gobb»
«The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.»
Author: Matthew Arnold (Critic, Poet) | About: Emotion, Morality, Religion | Keywords: touched
«The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.»
Author: Pope John Paul II (Pope) | About: Celibacy, Religion | Keywords: celibacy, maturity, priest, vow
«The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational, that is to say, a reasonable man may reasonably rejoice in its existence»
«The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health, and power.»
«The true Christian is in all countries a pilgrim and a stranger»
«The three great elements of modern civilization: Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion»