“Faith, then, generically, is confidence in a personal being. Specifically, religious faith is confidence in God, in every respect and office in which He reveals Himself. As that love of which God is the object is religious love, so that confidence in Him as a Father, a Moral Governor, a Redeemer, a Sanctifier, in all the modes of His manifestation, by which we believe whatever He says because He says it, and commit ourselves and all our interests cheerfully and entirely into His hands, is religious faith.” BelieveHandsFatherInterestReligiousMoralObjectsOfficeCommitManifestationFaith In GodGovernorsReligious FaithConfidence In GodRedeemerReligious Love Book:BACCALAUREATE SERMONS, AND OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES Source: BACCALAUREATE SERMONS, AND OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES
“It's almost impossible to deal with a crazy man, except that he does have religious beliefs, and the world of Islam will be damaged if a fanatic like him should commit murder in the name of religion against 60 innocent people.” PeopleIfsMenWorldShouldDoeNamesBeliefReligiousDealsImpossibleCrazyMurderIslamCommitInnocentFanaticsReligious BeliefCrazy Man Author:Ruhollah Khomeini
“In the course of evolution nature has gone to endless trouble to see that every individual is unlike every other individual....Physically and mentally, each one of us is unique. Any culture which, in the interests of efficiency or in the name of some political or religious dogma, seeks to standardize the human individual, commits an outrage against man's biological nature.” MenHumansPoliticalCultureCoursesNamesIndividualInterestReligiousGoneTroubleEvolutionUniqueEndlessCommitDogmaEfficiencyOutrageReligious Dogma Author:Aldous Huxley
“If the aim is to keep "Christ" in the shopping-mall Christmas or to ensure that pagan trees and mistletoe don't lose their Christian labels, then it might make sense to attack presidents and business owners who commit the "happy holiday" sin. But if the goal is to restore the religious meaning of the Christian holy day, then they are aiming at the wrong Target.” IfsMightChristianGoalPresidentChristLosesReligiousSinTreeAtheismHolyAimPositive AtheismCommitLabelsMake SenseHolidayOwnersTargetShoppingPaganMallsBusiness OwnersHappy HolidaysHoly DaysMistletoe Author:Charles Haynes
“Education ought everywhere to be religious education. At the same time, parents are farther bound to employ no instructors who will not educate their children religiously. To commit our children to the care of irreligious persons, is to commit lambs to the superintendency of wolves.” ChildrenPersonsCareParentReligiousEducationOughtBoundsCommitLambsInstructorsReligious Education Author:Timothy Dwight V
“Seek refuge in Mary because she is the city of refuge. We know that Moses set up three cities of refuge for anyone who inadvertently killed his neighbor. Now the Lord has established a refuge of mercy, Mary, even for those who deliberately commit evil. Mary provides shelter and strength for the sinner.” KnowsThreeEvilReligiousCitiesLordMercyNeighborCommitSinnerMaryShelterRefugeMosesVirgin MaryBlessed Mother Author:Anthony of Padua