“Do you think Christianity could have lasted for nearly two thousand years on its promises unless the Lord could deliver on them?” ThinkingYearsTwoChristianReligionChristianityLordPromiseThousandThousand Years Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“Religion does not blithely promise some sort of no-trouble, no-problem, no-poverty world; but rather a spirit, a power, an enthusiasm that endows everyone with the ability to overcome any and all of it.” WorldDoeProblemSpiritReligionAbilityPovertyTroublePromiseOvercomingEnthusiasmNo Problem Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“When it comes to bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion... Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do.” PeopleMenStoriesReligionWatchesSkyPromiseClaimsConvincedInvisibleAll TimeChampionAweBullshitExaggeratedDiseasedFalse Promises Author:George Carlin
“Most religion-mongers have bated their paradises with a bit of toasted cheese. They have tempted the body with large promises of possessions in their transmortal El Dorado. Sancho Panza will not quit his chimney-corner, but under promise of imaginary islands to govern.” BodyReligionBitsPromisePossessionCornersQuittingIslandsParadiseImaginaryCheeseTemptedChimneys Book:Conversations on Some of the Old Poets Source: Conversations on Some of the Old Poets
“[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.” MadeRealityReligionNextPoliticsPresidentLeadershipPolicyPromiseStrategyIdeologyVotingPresident ObamaFree SpeechMessiah Author:Barbara Walters
“My religion teaches me that a promise once made or a vow once taken for a worthy object may not be broken.” MayMadeReligionTeachTakenObjectsBrokenPromiseWorthyVow Book:The Good Life Source: The Good Life
“He who is involved in ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for reality, and his own imagination for prophesy, is a fanatical novice of great hope and promise, and will soon advance to the higher stage and kill men for the love of God.” MenDreamRealityReligionImaginationVisionAtheismStageHigherInvolvedPromiseGod LoveEcstasyKill MeGreat HopeNovices Author:Voltaire
“Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.” IfsChristianReligionHouseTreePromiseJewWoodsChosenGuestsHouse Guests Author:Karl Barth