Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate.
Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler.
I have always felt that a man's religion was his personal and private affair.
One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.
So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they don't want to hear any of that.
He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.
So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for which there was no proper treatment then, and in religion I had a strong sense of there being a patriarchy.
Yet higher religion, which is only a search for a larger life, is essentially experience and recognized the necessity of experience as its foundation long before science learnt to do so.
By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.
What role should religion play in the American public school classroom? My own knee-jerk response would be, 'none whatsoever,' but the Constitution isn't quite so direct on the subject.
There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
This is my religion. I take long breaks now when I don't perform and I am not myself when I am not performing.
I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism.
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the Christian religion.
When I was in college, I majored in comparative religion because I really wanted to figure out if there was God and how I should live my life.
I can say with a level of confidence that Islam is not a religion of war, only because the majority of Muslims don't subscribe to that perspective, not because there's something inherent in the text that tells me it's a religion of peace.
The notion that there is no basic value system is far more incoherent or invalid than the notion that there are essential values. Every religion can tell you it has basic values. You ask a Christian, most Christians would say love God and love your neighbor. Is that the entirety of Christianity? No one in his right mind would say it is.
Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.
The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.
I was born on 7 September 1917 at Sydney in Australia. My father was English-born and a graduate of Oxford; my mother, born Hilda Eipper, was descended from a German minister of religion who settled in New South Wales in 1832. I was the second of four children.
I try to understand faith and religion. I was raised by wonderful Catholic parents who were deeply faithful and taught us that God is a God of love.
I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.
The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals.
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.
Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.
I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith.
In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.
When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up - it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.
In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
Religion is such an important part of so many people's lives, and I don't understand it at all.
