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“Heresy is what the minority believe; it is the name given by the powerful to the doctrines of the weak.”

Believe Religion Names Given Powerful Power Weak Independence Doctrine Minorities Heresy

Book:Heretics and Heresies: From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'

Source: Heretics and Heresies: From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'

“Many people make their own God; and he is much what the French may mean when they talk of le bon Dieu,--very indulgent, rather weak, near at hand when we want anything, but far away out of sight when we have a mind to do wrong. Such a God is as much an idol as if he were an image of stone.”

People Ifs Want Mind May Mean Hands Religion Stones Weak Sight Idols Far Away

Book:Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed

Source: Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed

“A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.”

Men Faces Joy Religion Religious Aspect Weak Instinct Conventional Deprived

Author:Hosea Ballou

“Does history warrant the conclusion that religion is necessary to morality - that a natural ethic is too weak to withstand the savagery that lurks under civilization and emerges in our dreams, crimes and wars? ... There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.”

Doe War Dream Religion Natural Moral Crime Example Morality Civilization Ethics Weak Aids Significant Conclusion Our Time Our Dreams Maintaining Warrants Savagery Moral Life

Book:The Lessons of History

Source: The Lessons of History

“To make your spiritual yearning public, I thought, was to announce that you were wounded. To turn deeply into religion was to admit that your own resources were so weak you had to resort to magic and miracle cures for healing. To acquire faith was to mobilize the powers of an overly active imagination.”

Spiritual Religion Turns Women Imagination Healing Magic Resources Weak Miracle Active Cures Acquire Yearning Wounded Resorts

Book:Words on Fire: One Woman's Journey Into the Sacred

Source: Words on Fire: One Woman's Journey Into the Sacred

“All God's giants have been weak men and women who have gotten hold of God's faithfulness.”

Men Has Beens Christian Religion Prayer Men And Women Weak Giants Faithfulness Weak Man God's Faithfulness

Author:Hudson Taylor

“Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.”

Men Religion Strong Mistake Magic Society Weak Medicine Medical Glitter Scientism Weak Man Medical Science Medical Doctor

Author:Thomas Szasz

“Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.”

People Needs Religion Fear Numbers Atheism Weak Sticks Rage Noses Organized Organized Religion Crutches Strength In Numbers Need Strength

Book:DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government

Source: DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government

“Who will deny that true religion consists, in a great measure, in vigorous and lively actings of the inclination and will of the soul, or the fervent exercises of the heart? That religion which God requires, and will accept, does not consist in weak, dull, and lifeless, wishes, raising us but a little above a state of indifference.”

Source: The Blank Affections: The Religious Affections with Blank Pages Interleaved

“If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest of your life, because God uses weak people.”

People Ifs Want Life Use Christian Religion Walks Willing Weak Bless Rest Of Your Life Weak People

Author:Rick Warren