Religious Quotes
I don't know of any cases where as a result of religious precepts a population have found themselves enjoying less food than they would have if they didn't follow this particular religion.
Lack of understanding, along with outright anti-Christian prejudice, leads to journalistic amazement or horror at the supposed self-deception of those who do see a spiritual realm.
They care for, protect, and guide God's people, frequently intervening or bring messages to people from God.
The last verse that became clear to my vision that day was this: "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God's in Christ Jesus for you."
I then carefully searched through the pages until I was able to find the verse that was crystal clear... It read: "Rejoice always."
Before we return to Heaven, our real home, we have an incredible opportunity on Earth to face challenges that will help us learn, grow and to become more Christ-like in the fruits of our spirit.
Even when we are frustrated by our inability to understand a circumstance or event, there are unseen angels bringing comfort and protection as directed by the wisdom of God.
Angels are spirit beings who are mentioned more than 250 times in both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Bible.
The birthright of man ... is such a degree of liberty, civil and religious, as is compatible with the liberty of every other individual with whom he is united in a social compact.
I'm not religious, and I feel that has to do with me being uprooted so many times in my life that I've explored many religions and sentiments from many different families basically across the globe.
Justice William Brennan stated that the phrase 'under God' in our Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional because it no longer has a religious purpose or meaning.
Eternal life should be sought elsewhere, perhaps in the religious community, not politics.
George Bush and John Ashcroft were religious in a scary way, but the rational among us could always take heart that, deep down, the Bush administration was more cynical than messianic.
Religious distinctions are deeply important for many of the problems in today's Middle East, particularly between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Syria and Iraq.
Prayer pushes us through life's slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.
The life of Jesus Christ is a message of hope, a message of mercy, a message of life in a dark world.
God, the Master Weaver. He stretches the yarn and intertwines the colors, the ragged twine with the velvet strings, the pains with the pleasures. Nothing escapes his reach.
Jesus isn't a God who stayed on the mountaintop - he's a Savior who came down and lived and worked with the people.
When you read that our heavenly home is similar to a bride, tell me, doesn't it make you want to go home.
God is not a miser with his grace. Your cup may be low in cash or clout, but it is overflowing with mercy.
God's greatest blessings often come costumed as disasters. Any doubters need to do nothing more than ascend the hill of Calvary.
Being religious without knowing the cross is like owning a Mercedes with no motor. Pretty package, but where is your power?
Nature is God's workshop. The sky is his resume. The universe is his calling card. You want to know who God is? See what he has done.
How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don't have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can take that.
Do you believe that God is near? He wants you to. He wants you to know that He is in the midst of your world. Wherever you are as you read these words, He is present.
We have the freedom to pray and the freedom to love the God of our heart. And we have been forgiven by the only one who could condemn us. We are truly free.
A split second is nothing compared to twenty-four hours. On God's clock you're in the middle of your millisecond. Compared to eternity, what is seventy, eighty, ninety years?
If an unexpected temptation comes, don't blame the one through whom it came, but seek out the reason. Thus you will find correction for your soul.
I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals.
I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious.
When you see your fellow religious man, don't call him brother; but when you see a man of honour, a man of goodness, a man of peace, a man of ethics, now you can call him as your brother!
Do not discuss the religious matters with people; do not waste your valuable time to discuss the untruth! Your time is short; spend it for the science and the art!
When everbody worships all sort of religious lies and illogical myths, dare to be there, in the land of reason!
I was constantly around all those religious images and to me, angels exist. I feel we were definitely guided and helped and I'm always referring to them in my work.
The instructor, Ms. Pease, also taught in the church's religious school, and she had a Sunday school manner at once saccharine and condemnatory.
I've been a social gospel-er and a person who sees politics as a central dynamic to the encoding of religious rhetoric.
What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.
Because religious institutions are not afraid to talk about love as a goal, they are likely to be more effective at providing community services.
I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.
There is a bigotry rampant in America, against evangelicals. It is the last respectable bigotry.
I'm a supporter of embryonic stem cell research. I do think there are very important moral and also religious questions at stake in the debate over embryonic stem cell research.
With faith and love God's given, springing from the hope we know. We will pray the joy you'll live in, is the strength that now you show.
I grew up Catholic. I'm not religious now but I would say that I'm a very spiritual person and you're always in search of answers.
The Supreme Court's 1947 decision which introduced the wall of separation between church and state 'has fueled a movement to sterilize anything in American public life from religion.'