“Beauty is one in the universe, and, whatever form it assumes, it always arouses a religious feeling in the hearts of mankind.” HeartFeelingsFormUniverseReligiousMankindAssuming Author:Madame de Stael
“When men in secular life, who might be religious or not, see women being treated as secondary in the eyes of God, they assume that it's OK for them to do it.” MenMightEyeReligiousAssumingTreatedSecular Author:Jimmy Carter
“With the advance of knowledge, therefore, prayer and sacrifice assume the leading place in religious ritual; and magic; which once ranked with them as a legitimate equal, is gradually relegated to the background and sinks to the level of a black art.” ArtBlackReligiousPrayerLevelsMagicSacrificeEqualAssumingBackgroundsRitualReligious RitualsBlack Art Author:James G. Frazer
“The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.' The reason is that beliefs guide behavior, which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead us to extinction, I see no reason to assume we have any awareness at all. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.” HumansWellsMaySelfReasonFightingBeliefReligiousHuman BeingsAnimalResultsViewsAwarenessBehaviorImportanceIndependenceAssumingSpeciesGuidesKingdomsCharacteristicsDestructiveDelusionNo ReasonConformityTerritoryTraitsWarfareStubbornExtinctionSelf DestructiveConformistAnimal Kingdom Book:The Lost World Source: The Lost World
“A whole lot of us go through life assuming that we are basically right, basically all the time, about basically everything: about our political and intellectual convictions, our religious and moral beliefs, our assessments of other people, our memories, our grasp of facts. As absurd as it sounds when we stop to think about it, our steady state seems to be one of unconsciously assuming that we are very close to omniscient.” PeopleThinkingStatesWholeFactsSeemsPoliticalBeliefSoundReligiousMemoriesMoralIntellectualAssumingConvictionAbsurdArroganceSteadyOur MemoriesAssessmentOmniscientMoral Beliefs Author:Kathryn Schulz
“The Devil can so completely assume the human form, when he wants to deceive us, that we may well lie with what seems to be a woman, of real flesh and blood, and yet all the while 'tis only the Devil in the shape of a woman. 'Tis the same with women, who may think that a man is in bed with them, yet 'tis only the Devil; and...the result of this connection is oftentimes an imp of darkness, half mortal, half devil.” ThinkingMenWantHumansWellsMayRealHumorSeemsFormLyingReligiousResultsHalfDarknessBloodShapesBedDevilConnectionsAssumingFleshMortalsDeceivingFlesh And BloodHuman Form Author:Martin Luther
“Of course, even the general designation 'religious' includes various basic ideas or convictions, for example, the indestructibility of the soul, the eternity of its existence, the existence of a higher being, etc. But all these ideas, regardless of how convincing they may be for the individual, are submitted to the critical examination of this individual and hence to a fluctuating affirmation or negation until emotional divination or knowledge assumes the binding force of apodictic faith.” MayIdeasSoulCoursesIndividualForceReligiousExistenceExampleEmotionalHigherEternityAssumingVariousConvictionCriticalEtcAffirmationConvincingExaminationBindingNegationDesignation Author:Adolf Hitler
“A lot of arguments happen among religious and non religious people about the question of who's going to hell and who's going to heaven and uh, a lot of times Christians get into this argument by saying 'we have the only way to heaven.' And uh, people often ask me what do I think is the way to heaven. I have a problem when they ask me this question because it assumes that the primary purpose of Jesus' coming and the primary message of Jesus was a message about how to get to heaven.” PeopleThinkingWayProblemHappensChristianPurposeAsksJesusHeavenReligiousHellMessagesArgumentAssumingPrimariesAsk MeGoing To HeavenNon Religious Author:Brian D. McLaren