“Anthropocentrism is simply irrational. And yet this is the thrust of much of our traditional religious thought and teaching, particularly in the West.” ReligiousEnvironmentTeachingWestTraditionalIrrationalThrustAnthropocentrism Author:Russell E. Train
“Art is viable when it finds elements in the surrounding environment. Our ancestors drew their subject matter from the religious attitudes which weighed on their souls. We must now learn to draw inspiration from the tangible miracles around us.” ArtSoulMatterInspirationReligiousAttitudeEnvironmentSubjectsElementsDrawsArt IsMiracleAncestorTangibleSubject Matter Author:Umberto Boccioni
“There can be no religious discourse which is in conflict with its environment and with the world and therefore, we Muslims need to modify this religious discourse. And this has nothing to do with conviction and with religious beliefs, because those are immutable. But we need a new discourse that will be adapted to a new world and which will remove some of the misconceptions.” WorldNeedsBeliefReligiousEnvironmentConflictConvictionRemoveNew WorldDiscourseMisconceptionAdaptedReligious Belief Author:Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
“I put all the blame legally and morally on the actions of the terrorist, but America's secular and anti-Christian environment left us open to our Lord's decision not to protect. When a nation deserts God and expels God from the culture ... the result is not good.” HumorActionChristianAmericaCultureLeftNationsReligiousDecisionResultsLordEnvironmentProtectBlamePositive AtheismTerroristDesertSecularOur LordAnti Christian Author:Jerry Falwell
“That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The situation is the external environment. The inner environment is genes, moral history, religious training.” HumansReligiousSituationMoralEnvironmentBehaviorTrainingGenesHuman BehaviorExternal Environment Author:Philip Zimbardo
“I do not care what you do, and that is hard for you to hear. Yet do you care what your children do when you send them out to play? Is it a matter of consequence to you whether they play tag, or hide and seek, or pretend? No, it is not, because you know they are perfectly safe. You have placed them in an environment which you consider friendly and very okay.” KnowsInspirationalChildrenMatterHardPlayCareReligiousEnvironmentSafeConsequenceOkayOur ChildrenYour ChildrenFriendlyTagHide And SeekDo You Care Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“The emotional aspects of a wilderness experience might be compared to a religious experience. It is particularly valuable for those people whose unconscious associations of pain and discomfort in relationships to man render a deity in human form impossible. Christianity is unacceptable to some people because of the use of the human symbol, but some who can't accept Christ can gain a tremendous sense of peace from relating to uncontaminated areas.” PeopleMenHumansUseMightPainFormChristReligiousAcceptingChristianityEnvironmentImpossibleEmotionalGainsAreasAspectValuableSymbolsUnconsciousWildernessAssociationDeitiesDiscomfortReligious ExperienceHuman Form Author:Donald Glover
“I am not a believer in religious rituals. I was brought up in the Arya Samaj environment which taught us to shun rituals. Puja, of course, but simple, elegant and brief.” InspirationalCoursesReligiousSimplePowerfulEnvironmentTaughtBelieverRitualElegantTaught UsReligious RitualsPuja Author:Dhirubhai Ambani