“To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.” WayBookReligionReligiousRecordsHistoricalMeant To BeMahabharataReligious Books Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works
“Where the Bible is esteemed as the inspired and inerrant Word of God, preaching can flourish. But where the Bible is treated merely as a record of valuable religious insight, preaching dies.” ReligionDiesReligiousChristianityRecordsInspiredValuableInsightTreatedWord Of GodPreaching Author:John Piper
“I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim—so modestly and so humbly—to possess. It is time to withdraw our 'respect' from such fantastic claims, all of them aimed at the exertion of power over other humans in the real and material world.” WorldMindHumansRealReligionRecordsAtheismMaterialsMetsUnderstoodClaimsIntelligentAtheistBelieverFantasticGodlyQualificationsExertionMaterial WorldPower Over OthersHighly Intelligent Author:Christopher Hitchens
“History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it.” PeopleDoeEnoughHelpingSeemsReligionStrongPleasureRecordsAtheismBasesAtheistRationalSpend TimeStrong EnoughCrutchesTime And MoneyNot StrongNot Strong Enough Book:Time Enough for Love Source: Time Enough for Love