“The life of meditation and religious study is absolutely no guarantee of peak moments. Most people involved in religious study and meditation are downright bored, and they're as stuck in what they do as everyone else is.” PeopleMomentsReligiousStudyMeditationInvolvedIntentionStuckBoredGuaranteesReligious Studies Author:Frederick Lenz
“Religious mysticism is intellectual garbage. It’s a vestige of the old superstitious Dark Ages when nobody knew anything...It is one of those delusions that isn’t called insane only because there are so many people involved.” PeopleAgeReligiousDarkInvolvedIntellectualInsaneDelusionMysticismGarbageDark AgesSuperstitious Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“If we ever talk to aliens, their civilisation will be far more advanced than ours (because of distances involved). They won't be religious!” IfsReligiousInvolvedDistanceAliensCivilisation Author:Richard Dawkins
“I’ve never intended to make religious records or records that preach some kind of point of view... If you’re involved with imagination and the creative process, it’s not such a difficult thing to believe in a god. But I’m not involved in any religions.” IfsBelieveKindProcessDifficultImaginationReligiousViewsCreativeRecordsInvolvedPoint Of ViewCreative ProcessDifficult Things Author:Nick Cave
“Edgar was named as one of the players involved, but he was in my room, discussing religious subjects with me.” ReligiousRoomsPlayerFansSubjectsMediaFootballInvolvedSoccerDiscussing Author:George Boateng
“Prisoners do different things. Some write, some read. Some engage in athletic events and working out and some do all of that. Some get involved in the religious groups that they're part of. Some get involved in hobbies that are permitted in prison. There are plenty of ways to stay busy. You're never going to survive in prison unless you start getting busy.” WayWritingDifferentReligiousGroupsEventsInvolvedPrisonBusyWork OutPlentyDifferent ThingsPrisonerHobbiesAthleticGet Involved Author:Jack Abramoff
“There's always been a religious strain in me. I can't get rid of it. I don't want to get rid of it. I'm not involved in a church, but I understand that impulse to believe in something that's never going to betray you.” WantBelieveI CanChurchReligiousInvolvedImpulseBetrayStrain Author:Ruth Wilson
“The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, was a series of conflicts that became the last great struggle of religious wars in Europe. It was fought almost exclusively on German soil...but before the war ended, it involved most of the nations of Europe. The underlying cause of the war was the deep-seated hostility between the German Protestants and German Catholics - with the Jesuits and Cardinal Richelieu, who was the real ruler of France, fanning the fires to accomplish their ends.” YearsWarRealEndsLastsNationsCausesReligiousStruggleFireInvolvedConflictEuropeCatholicSeriesAccomplishFranceThirtySoilRulersHostilityThirty YearsProtestantsCardinalsJesuitReligious WarsRichelieu Author:John Daniel
“It has always been an irony to me that the 'religious right' has come under so much attack for being involved in politics when the black community has been doing it for hundreds of years. The Reverend Jesse Jackson is rarely, if ever, attacked for his involvement in politics.” IfsYearsHas BeensChristianBlackCommunityReligiousInvolvedIronyInvolvementBlack CommunityReverends Author:Kay Coles James
“The expenses of the paperwork and court fees involved in pursuing the appeal through the courts were not too high. In fact, as I recall, removing prayer from U.S. public schools cost less than $20,000... no Christian organization filed a brief in support of our opponents.” FactsSchoolChristianReligiousPrayerSupportInvolvedCostOrganizationCourtAppealsOpponentsExpensesRecallsPublic SchoolFeesPaperwork Author:William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
“I think one of the greatest losses to humanity was the domination of women. I think every religious system has found ways to be kind to them in a kind of subordinate way. Very patronizing, very colonial. But if you start looking at the fabric of society, even religious systems, they would fall apart if it wasn't for the embedded ability of the women who are involved.” IfsThinkingWayKindHumanityFallFoundWomenReligiousLossAbilityInvolvedBe KindFabricDominationFalling ApartSubordinatesEmbeddedPatronizing Author:William P. Young