Quotes by Faith Religion Today Christians... stand at the head of Germany... We want to fill our culture again with the Christian Spirit. Adolf Hitler faith-religion germany christian We were convinced that the people need and require this faith. We have therefore undertaken the fight against the atheistic movement, and that not merely with a few theoretical declarations; we have stamped it out. Adolf Hitler faith-religion fighting atheist The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing. Douglas Adams faith-religion atheism atheist Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? Epicurus omnipotence faith-religion atheist Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science. Gary Zukav faith-religion acceptance science Seen through the eyes of faith, religion's future is secure. As long as there are human beings, there will be religion for the sufficient reason that the self is a theomorphic creature - one whose morphe (form) is theos - God encased within it. Having been created in the imago Dei, the image God, all human beings have a God-shaped vacuum built into their hearts. Since nature abhors a vacuum, people keep trying to fill the one inside them. Huston Smith faith-religion eye heart [N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. James Madison faith-religion atheist religious Mystery is made a convenient Cover for absurdity. John Adams faith-religion atheist jesus But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed? John Adams faith-religion religious christian The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. Nowhere in the Gospels do we find a precept for Creeds, Confessions, Oaths, Doctrines, and whole carloads of other foolish trumpery that we find in Christianity. John Adams faith-religion atheism jesus The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles? John Adams faith-religion race kings I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced! John Adams faith-religion historical grief Religion is not based on belief or faith: religion is based on awe, religion is based on wonder. Religion is based on the mysterious that is your surround. To feel it, to be aware of it, to see it, open your eyes and drop the dust of the ages. Clean your mirror! and see what beauty surrounds you, what tremendous grandeur goes on knocking at your doors. Why are you sitting with closed eyes? Why are you sitting with such long faces? Why can't you dance? and why can't you laugh? Rajneesh faith-religion mirrors eye Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith. Reza Aslan faith-religion understood stories ...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind. Thomas Paine faith-religion atheism atheist The Bible: a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalise mankind. Thomas Paine faith-religion atheism atheist The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God, like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the blood of thousands and thousands of martyrs. Thomas Jefferson faith-religion religious blood Question with boldness even the existence of a god. Thomas Jefferson faith-religion atheist religious Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind. Thomas Paine faith-religion religious bible I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man. Thomas Jefferson faith-religion religious men 12»