“Read as much as you can, discarding negative or disturbing information. Learn by doing, and the Goddess and God will bless you with all that you truly need.” NeedsGodReadingReligiousLearningInformationBlessingNegativeGods WillBlessGoddessDisturbingDiscardedLearning By DoingNeed God Book:Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner Source: Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
“Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness the answer on both points must be in the negative. The Constitution of the U. S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion. The law appointing Chaplains establishes a religious worship for the national representatives, to be performed by Ministers of religion, elected by a majority of them, and these are to be paid out of the national taxes. Does this not involve the principle of a national establishment ... ?” DoeTwoLawHouseReligiousAnswersPrinciplesPureTaxesWorshipNegativeConstitutionPaidMajorityCongressPositive AtheismSeparationMinistersConsistentEstablishmentRepresentativesSeparation Of Church And StateReligious FreedomAppointmentsChaplains Author:James Madison
“Jesus liberated us from religion. Jesus taught simple religious practices over major theorizing. The only thoughts Jesus told us to police were our own: our own negative thoughts, our own violent thoughts, our own hateful thoughts-not other people's thoughts.” PeopleThinkingJesusReligiousSimplePracticeTaughtMajorsNegativePoliceViolentHatefulLiberatedNegative ThoughtsReligious Practices Author:Richard Rohr
“Any person of any philosophic persuasion who sits on a hot stove will verify without any intellectual argument whatsoever that he is in an undeniably low-quality situation: that the value of his predicament is negative. This low quality is not just a vague, woolly-headed, crypto-religious, metaphysical abstraction. It is an experience. It is not a judgment about an experience. It is not a description of experience. The value itself is an experience. As such it is completely predictable. It is verifiable by anyone who cares to do so.” PersonsCareValuesReligiousQualitySituationJudgmentIntellectualLowsNegativeArgumentHotDescriptionVaguePersuasionMetaphysicalWho CaresAbstractionPredictablePredicamentsPhilosophicStovesVerify Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“...there are still truths in the Bible and many other ancient texts despite what religions have done to destroy and debase them. Religious dogma and myth have been used very successfully either to suppress understanding or to twist the truth sufficiently to turn something positive into something negative.” Has BeensStillsDoneUsedTurnsUnderstandingReligiousNegativeAncientMythDespiteDogmaTwistsReligious Dogma Author:David Icke
“Removing religious symbols from public places is not neutrality. On the contrary, it sends a highly negative message - that religion is something shameful, embarrassing, or at best strictly private.” ChristianReligiousMessagesNegativeContrarySymbolsEmbarrassingShamefulNeutrality Author:Charles Colson
“There is an attitude in the media that is dishonestly reinforcing negative stereotypes about Christians.” ChristianReligiousAttitudeMediaNegativeStereotypeNegative Stereotypes Author:David R. Mains