“Science and religion are two windows that people look through, trying to understand the big universe outside, trying to understand why we are here. The two windows give different views, but they look out at the same universe. Both views are one-sided, neither is complete. Both leave out essential features of the real world. And both are worthy of respect.” PeopleWorldGivingTryingLooksTwoDifferentRealBigsScienceReligionUniverseViewsEssentialsWindowWorthyFeaturesReal WorldScience And ReligionOne SidedDifferent ViewsWhy We Are Here Book:Birds and Frogs: Selected Papers of Freeman Dyson, 1990–2014 Source: Birds and Frogs: Selected Papers of Freeman Dyson, 1990–2014
“The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.” WorldFirstsHappensReligionLeftCausesReligiousChanceWindowLogicAtheistAcceptedMortalsSatanAgnosticismManiaDark Tower Series Author:Stephen King
“There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children's rooms - when I feel a wavelike rush of joy. This is my true religion: arbitrary moments of of nearly painful happiness for a life I feel privileged to lead.” FeelsChildrenMomentsHappinessJoyReligionHouseRoomsLaughterStandingWindowPainfulHearingMy ChildrenKitchenFlatsSquaresPrivilegedArbitrarySaladTrue ReligionQuiltsDriveway Author:Elizabeth Berg
“When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within.” MenMayReligionDealsBusinessDependsWindowShopsShop Windows Book:Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon Source: Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon