"Actually humanity is in a time of awakening now. There is a cosmic download of divine energy to the planet that will enable humanity to discern that what organized religions are teaching are enslavement and mental control of the people for power and financial gains of those propagating it." ~Shiela Tagaban Zangl, April 17, 2017. Comment: From Manila Times: Defend what is right, Villegas urges bishops (Archbishop Socrates Villegas), Philippines
"Always make religion a personal and private affair confined to yourself" ~Nelson Mandela from a letter to Makaziwe Mandela, written on Robben Island, 21 December 1978
"An 850 year old church burns and everyone is in tears. Burn a rainforest that stood for a millenia and nobody cares." ~Benjamin Buenaflor Gulo Jr (Notre Dame on fire April 2019)
“As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith.” ~Thomas Paine
"Before believing in the Church read its history first. Popes and priests were amoral. Have they changed in the course of time?" ~RG San Luis
"Church is the only place I know, where I can arrive late and get the best seats in the house." ~Anon
“Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims." ~Morris Cohen on Persecution
“Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths” ~Mahatma Gandhi
"Every fully developed religion exists simultaneously on several different levels. It exists as a set of abstract concepts about the world and its governance. It exists as a set of rites and sacraments, as a traditional method for manipulating the symbols, by means of which beliefs about the cosmic order are expressed. It exists as the feelings of love, fear and devotion evoked by this manipulation of symbols." ~Aldous Huxley
"Everything great in the world is done by neurotics; they alone founded our religions and created our masterpieces." ~Marcel Proust
“For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.” ~APJ Abdul Kalam, Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India
“For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.” ~APJ Abdul Kalam, Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India
“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking..” ~Leo Tolstoy
"God is for men and religion is for women." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"I am fine with the Church making general moral statements but the moment the religious start choosing political sides, and encouraging people to take sides, is when things break down. Let us not forget that one of the supposed aspirations of a modern democracy is that of a secular State." ~Charles Englund
"I believe that the only true religion consists of having a good heart." ~Dalai Lama
“I believe the only true religion consists of having a good heart.” ~Dalai Lama
"I belong to no religion. My religion is Love.
Every heart is my temple." ~Rumi
"I do not equate religion with spirituality, but it is genuinely spiritual people who make religion meaningful by investing it with humility and compassion. Without those qualities, religion is no more than a series of empty rituals encased, in the case of the Catholic Church, in a medieval pomp that is supposed to embody a Jewish rebel who sided with social outcasts and was openly contemptuous of the religious authorities of his day for their double standards." ~Martin Flanagan, The Functionary and the Visionary on Saturday Reflection
"I think it's time, finally, for the church to really live into the calling we have as God's people." ~Ruth Padilla Borst
“I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.” ~Carl Sandberg
"If you sing in church for the applause and approval of other people, you are not doing it unto the Lord. If you feed the needy so that people will think you are a kind and benevolent person, then you are seeking the glory of men, not God. If you do any action for the outward appreciation of the world, then you will not be rewarded by God. Only by working in humility, in secret, will the Lord be fully glorified and reward you in turn." ~Dr. David Jeremiah
"Love and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs …Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight about." ~Bernie Siegel
"My religion is to live-and die-without regret." ~Milarepa
"One day religions will disappear, but God will not." ~A.D. Williams
"Religion and politics are divisive issues that have been weaponised. Vicious wars are being fought because of it." ~Rafael Alunan III
"I belong to no religion. My religion is Love.
Every heart is my temple." ~Rumi
"I do not equate religion with spirituality, but it is genuinely spiritual people who make religion meaningful by investing it with humility and compassion. Without those qualities, religion is no more than a series of empty rituals encased, in the case of the Catholic Church, in a medieval pomp that is supposed to embody a Jewish rebel who sided with social outcasts and was openly contemptuous of the religious authorities of his day for their double standards." ~Martin Flanagan, The Functionary and the Visionary on Saturday Reflection
"I think it's time, finally, for the church to really live into the calling we have as God's people." ~Ruth Padilla Borst
“I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.” ~Carl Sandberg
"If you sing in church for the applause and approval of other people, you are not doing it unto the Lord. If you feed the needy so that people will think you are a kind and benevolent person, then you are seeking the glory of men, not God. If you do any action for the outward appreciation of the world, then you will not be rewarded by God. Only by working in humility, in secret, will the Lord be fully glorified and reward you in turn." ~Dr. David Jeremiah
"Love and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs …Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight about." ~Bernie Siegel
"My religion is to live-and die-without regret." ~Milarepa
"One day religions will disappear, but God will not." ~A.D. Williams
"Religion and politics are divisive issues that have been weaponised. Vicious wars are being fought because of it." ~Rafael Alunan III
"Religions brought bloodshed, so is Politics. These two entertwined." ~Leah C. Dancel, July 6, 2020 on watching Russia in History via Epic History TV YouTube Channel
"Religion has caused wars and its belief systems have targeted women suppressing them out of fear. Catholicism has grabbed money and caused fear in its followers. Islam is doing the same as they try to convert others to their beliefs through fear. I have a religion it's called human being. I care about others and love my family." ~Hazel Kewin, FB
"Religion is for people who are afraid to go to hell. Spirituality is for those who have already been there." ~Vine Deloria, Sioux
"Religion is man reaching out to God, but faith is God reaching out and grabbing our hand (and heart). " ~Anon
"Religion is never the problem: It is the people who use it to gain power." ~Julian Casablancas
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." ~Seneca the Younger (4BC-65AD)
"Religion is the opium of the masses." ~Karl Marx
"Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are to be pitied rather than ridiculed." ~Immanuel Kant
"Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic." ~Bertrand Russell
"Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last." ~Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)
“Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"The CBCP is not the right authority to judge what's reliable and what's not. That's just like going to a lawyer to get a cancer diagnosis." ~RJ Nieto, the man behind Thinking Pinoy
"The Catholic church is warning us about the dangers to children of gay couples. But it itself will make no change in its protocol that has devastated children for decades." ~Peter FitzSimons, SMH, Australia, 27 August 2017
"The conflict between friars and Filipinos was a struggle for life, for survival; one side defending exploitation, the other fighting for their right to lead a modern life, to lead a free life, to lead a democratic life.” ~Graciano López Jaena
"The difference between faith and religion is that religion is taught to the mind but faith is a gift from God to the heart. Faith has been given to all, along with hope and love." ~Veronica Palmer
"The old religions gave us pedophiles and the new are money making businesses that should be taxed. There is a god but none of today’s religions are following the teachings." ~Kevin Lee on religion, FB comment
"Religion has caused wars and its belief systems have targeted women suppressing them out of fear. Catholicism has grabbed money and caused fear in its followers. Islam is doing the same as they try to convert others to their beliefs through fear. I have a religion it's called human being. I care about others and love my family." ~Hazel Kewin, FB
"Religion is for people who are afraid to go to hell. Spirituality is for those who have already been there." ~Vine Deloria, Sioux
"Religion is man reaching out to God, but faith is God reaching out and grabbing our hand (and heart). " ~Anon
"Religion is never the problem: It is the people who use it to gain power." ~Julian Casablancas
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." ~Seneca the Younger (4BC-65AD)
"Religion is the opium of the masses." ~Karl Marx
"Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are to be pitied rather than ridiculed." ~Immanuel Kant
"Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic." ~Bertrand Russell
"Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last." ~Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)
“Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar.” ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"The CBCP is not the right authority to judge what's reliable and what's not. That's just like going to a lawyer to get a cancer diagnosis." ~RJ Nieto, the man behind Thinking Pinoy
"The Catholic church is warning us about the dangers to children of gay couples. But it itself will make no change in its protocol that has devastated children for decades." ~Peter FitzSimons, SMH, Australia, 27 August 2017
"The conflict between friars and Filipinos was a struggle for life, for survival; one side defending exploitation, the other fighting for their right to lead a modern life, to lead a free life, to lead a democratic life.” ~Graciano López Jaena
"The difference between faith and religion is that religion is taught to the mind but faith is a gift from God to the heart. Faith has been given to all, along with hope and love." ~Veronica Palmer
"The old religions gave us pedophiles and the new are money making businesses that should be taxed. There is a god but none of today’s religions are following the teachings." ~Kevin Lee on religion, FB comment
"The world will become a peaceful place if we all realize the simple fact that there's no religion better or greater than humanity." ~Anurag Prakash Ray
"There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets." ~Thomas More
"There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being." ~James Joyce
"Though our street is exceptionally quiet and safe, the presence of the church in the area makes me feel more secure even at nighttime. I always think that God is in His Holy Temple." ~Leah C. Dancel, March 26, 2018
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely." ~Jorge Luis Borges
"There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets." ~Thomas More
"There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being." ~James Joyce
"Though our street is exceptionally quiet and safe, the presence of the church in the area makes me feel more secure even at nighttime. I always think that God is in His Holy Temple." ~Leah C. Dancel, March 26, 2018
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely." ~Jorge Luis Borges
“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.” ~Dalai Lama
"When I found God, I lost religion." ~A.D. Williams
"When the Church is criticized, it complains that it is being persecuted. But when the Church itself persecutes, it claims its actions in defense of the faith. Socrates Villegas should be reminded of the vicious persecutions that the Catholic Church had committed in the past: the burning of heretics and witches, the persecutions of the Jews, the murder of the Cathars and the Huguenots, the persecution of the Jansenists, the mass slaughter of the "infidels" during the Crusades, etc. Villegas is a shameless hypocrite." ~Eduardo J. Berenguer, April 17, 2017. Comment: From Manila Times: Defend what is right, Villegas urges bishops (Archbishop Socrates Villegas), Philippines
“Whether religious or not, as a human being we should learn more about our system of emotion so that we can tackle destructive emotion, in order to become more calm, have more inner peace.” ~Dalai Lama
“Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you YOUR ALL.” ~Khalil Gibran
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"All that has been done to weaken the foundation of an implicit faith in the Bible, as a whole, has been at the expense of the sense of religious obligation, and at the cost of human happiness." ~JG Holland
“Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.” ~Joyce Carol Oates
“Constant at Church and 'Change; his gains were sure; His givings rare, save farthings to the poor.” ~Alexander Pope on Hypocrisy
"When I found God, I lost religion." ~A.D. Williams
"When the Church is criticized, it complains that it is being persecuted. But when the Church itself persecutes, it claims its actions in defense of the faith. Socrates Villegas should be reminded of the vicious persecutions that the Catholic Church had committed in the past: the burning of heretics and witches, the persecutions of the Jews, the murder of the Cathars and the Huguenots, the persecution of the Jansenists, the mass slaughter of the "infidels" during the Crusades, etc. Villegas is a shameless hypocrite." ~Eduardo J. Berenguer, April 17, 2017. Comment: From Manila Times: Defend what is right, Villegas urges bishops (Archbishop Socrates Villegas), Philippines
“Whether religious or not, as a human being we should learn more about our system of emotion so that we can tackle destructive emotion, in order to become more calm, have more inner peace.” ~Dalai Lama
“Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you YOUR ALL.” ~Khalil Gibran
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"All that has been done to weaken the foundation of an implicit faith in the Bible, as a whole, has been at the expense of the sense of religious obligation, and at the cost of human happiness." ~JG Holland
“Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.” ~Joyce Carol Oates
“Constant at Church and 'Change; his gains were sure; His givings rare, save farthings to the poor.” ~Alexander Pope on Hypocrisy
"Experience confirmed my belief that 'we are not born with the idea that colour matters.'" ~Brandi Brenner
"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." ~Benjamin Franklin
"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Most politicians associate themselves with priests and nuns because they use religion to cover up their atrocities with false purity and holiness." ~Kyle Reygel Perales
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind." ~Albert Einstein
"No church property is taxed so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit in the public income this caused." ~Mark Twain
"Religion and politics may resemble each other in many ways but they are like water and oil that don't mix. The individual soul may need prayers for healing but a country needs concrete and immediate solutions - not prayers. Politics should respect all religions and beliefs inside its domain - Churches should too. Catholic bishops who insist to heal the land their way disrespect the silence of other religions on political issues." ~Gerardo Luis Adriano, November 7, 2017
"Religion has never left the world be in peace." ~Masafumi Nagasaki
"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." ~Napoleon Bonaparte
"Some people go to church to put their world to rights..." ~Bookey Peek, Reader's Digest 2009
"The excesses of Church authority are well documented and sadly, down through time, they’ve brought this institution into disrepute. But while most branches of the universal Church has learnt from those errors, the Philippine Church continues to perpetuate them." ~from the volatiliandotcom
"The most powerful testimony is how you treat others after the church service is over." ~from Godly Woman
"The world is divided into men who have wit but no religion and men who have religion and no wit." ~Ibn Sina
"There is no country ruled by Catholicism that is prosperous. Don't count Rome and Italy. Other religions and churches follow." ~Leah C. Dancel
"They know that it is human nature to take up causes whereby a man may oppress his neighbor, no matter how unjustly... Hence they have had no trouble in finding men who would preach the damnability and heresy of the new doctrine from the very pulpit.." ~Galileo Galilei
“This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled, not from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty of the monster; and it is so far true of England, that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home, pursues their descendants still.” ~Thomas Paine
"The non-condemnation against pedophilia amongst church leaders is deafening." ~Lapu-Lapu, FB, August 2017
"What if our religion was each other, if our practice was our life, if prayer was our words, what if …" ~Ganga White
"When we understand God is part of us and we are part of God, then religions will disappear." ~A.D. Williams
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"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." ~Benjamin Franklin
"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Most politicians associate themselves with priests and nuns because they use religion to cover up their atrocities with false purity and holiness." ~Kyle Reygel Perales
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind." ~Albert Einstein
"No church property is taxed so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit in the public income this caused." ~Mark Twain
"Religion and politics may resemble each other in many ways but they are like water and oil that don't mix. The individual soul may need prayers for healing but a country needs concrete and immediate solutions - not prayers. Politics should respect all religions and beliefs inside its domain - Churches should too. Catholic bishops who insist to heal the land their way disrespect the silence of other religions on political issues." ~Gerardo Luis Adriano, November 7, 2017
"Religion has never left the world be in peace." ~Masafumi Nagasaki
"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." ~Napoleon Bonaparte
"Some people go to church to put their world to rights..." ~Bookey Peek, Reader's Digest 2009
"The excesses of Church authority are well documented and sadly, down through time, they’ve brought this institution into disrepute. But while most branches of the universal Church has learnt from those errors, the Philippine Church continues to perpetuate them." ~from the volatiliandotcom
"The most powerful testimony is how you treat others after the church service is over." ~from Godly Woman
"The world is divided into men who have wit but no religion and men who have religion and no wit." ~Ibn Sina
"There is no country ruled by Catholicism that is prosperous. Don't count Rome and Italy. Other religions and churches follow." ~Leah C. Dancel
"They know that it is human nature to take up causes whereby a man may oppress his neighbor, no matter how unjustly... Hence they have had no trouble in finding men who would preach the damnability and heresy of the new doctrine from the very pulpit.." ~Galileo Galilei
“This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled, not from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty of the monster; and it is so far true of England, that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home, pursues their descendants still.” ~Thomas Paine
"The non-condemnation against pedophilia amongst church leaders is deafening." ~Lapu-Lapu, FB, August 2017
"What if our religion was each other, if our practice was our life, if prayer was our words, what if …" ~Ganga White
"When we understand God is part of us and we are part of God, then religions will disappear." ~A.D. Williams
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