We are afraid of religion because it interprets rather than just observes. Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the world; it interprets the hungry to be our brethren whom we allow to starve. —Dorothe Sölle More about this quote Tags: hunger fear religion starving Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “religion” To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: religion fools foolishness honor clergy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science. —Carl Sagan in Cosmos More about this quote Tags: politics religion learning knowledge censorship science suppression Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution is our true task. Yet we suppress the notion with considerable force because to admit it is to admit that most of our political gyrations, religious dogmas, social ambitions, and financial ploys are not merely counterproductive but trivial. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: politics reality religion dogma purpose change ambition evolution triviality counterproductive Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. —Carl Sagan More about this quote Tags: religion science doubt nonsense skepticism insight Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Over the years I have learned that motherhood is much like an austere religious order, the joining of which obligates one to relinquish all claims to personal possessions. —Nancy Stahl More about this quote Tags: religion possessions obligation motherhood relinquishment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: religion fools foolishness honor clergy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science. —Carl Sagan in Cosmos More about this quote Tags: politics religion learning knowledge censorship science suppression Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution is our true task. Yet we suppress the notion with considerable force because to admit it is to admit that most of our political gyrations, religious dogmas, social ambitions, and financial ploys are not merely counterproductive but trivial. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: politics reality religion dogma purpose change ambition evolution triviality counterproductive Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. —Carl Sagan More about this quote Tags: religion science doubt nonsense skepticism insight Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Over the years I have learned that motherhood is much like an austere religious order, the joining of which obligates one to relinquish all claims to personal possessions. —Nancy Stahl More about this quote Tags: religion possessions obligation motherhood relinquishment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email