“Others, one suspects, are afraid that the crossing of space , and above all contact with intelligent but nonhuman races, may destroy the foundations of their religious faith . They may be right, but in any event their attitude is one which does not bear logical examination for a faith which cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.” MayDoeReligiousSpaceRaceAttitudeEventsRegretBearsTruth IsIntelligentFoundationContactLogicalSuspectsExaminationReligious FaithCrossingsCollision Book:By Space Possessed Source: By Space Possessed
“The history of religions reaches down and makes contact with that which is essentially human: the relation of man to the sacred. The history of religions can play an extremely important role in the crisis we are living through. The crises of modern man are to a large extent religious ones, insofar as they are an awakening of his awareness to an absence of meaning.” MenHumansImportantPlayReligiousRolesModernAwarenessRelationDown AndCrisisSacredAwakeningAbsenceContactModern Man Author:Mircea Eliade
“Yet for all that, there is nothing in me of a founder of a religion--religions are affairs of the rabble; I find it necessary to wash my hands after I have come into contact with religious people.” PeopleHandsReligionReligiousAffairContactFounders Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche
“There's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. Knowing about God is all of the stuff we've been told and all of the books we've read and all of our religious experiences and what others have told us and tried to convince us of. But knowing God is when we make conscious contact.” BookStuffDifferencesReligiousKnowingConsciousContactConvinceGod KnowsKnowing GodReligious ExperienceConvince Us Author:Wayne Dyer
“God has frequently to knock the bottom board out of your experience if you are a saint in order to get you into contact with Himself. God wants you to understand this is a life of faith, not a life of sentimental enjoyment of His blessings. ... "Though He slay me yet will I trust Him" - this is the most sublime utterance of faith in the whole of the Bible.” IfsWantWholeOrderReligiousBlessingEncouragementBottomSaintContactBoardsEnjoymentSublimeSentimentalUtterance Author:Oswald Chambers