“The idea of authority, and therefore the respect for authority, is an anti-Semitic notion. It is in Catholicism, in Christianity, in the very teachings of Jesus that it finds at once its lay and its religious consecration.” IdeasJesusReligiousChristianityTeachingAuthorityLaysNotionJewCatholicismConsecrationAnti Semitic Author:Kadmi Cohen
“If we could understand the full significance of a woman's hat we could prophesy her clothes for the next year, the interior decoration of the next two years, the architecture of the next ten years, and we would have a fairly accurate notion of the pressures, political, economic and religious that go to make the shape of an age.” IfsYearsTwoAgePoliticalNextReligiousEconomicShapesTenClothesPressureNotionArchitectureHatsTwo YearsSignificanceAccurateInteriorsNext YearDecoration Author:James Laver
“This notion that's peddled by the religious right - that they are oppressed is not true. Sometimes it's a cynical ploy to move their agenda ahead. The classic example being that somehow secularists are trying to eliminate Christmas, which strikes me as some kind of manufactured controversy.” TryingKindSometimesMovingReligiousExampleNotionStrikesClassicAgendasCynicalOppressedControversyPloy Author:Barack Obama
“Having spent a substantial part of my career parodying religious figures from my own Christian background, I am aghast at the notion that it could, in effect, be made illegal to imply ridicule of a religion or to lampoon religious figures.” MadeChristianReligiousMy OwnCareersAtheismEffectsFiguresNotionPositive AtheismBackgroundsIllegalRidiculeAghast Author:Rowan Atkinson
“I myself am not comfortable with the notion of secularists congregating in groups, except perhaps for defensive purposes: the last thing a secularist should wish to do is to act like a religion, with its rigid hierarchies, its suppression of divergent opinion, and, above all, its ruthless attempts (now mercifully inhibited by laws) to outlaw "heresy" by brute force. Opinions must be changed, one at a time if necessary, but if there are those who wish to persist in religious belief, they should certainly be allowed to do so.” IfsShouldLastsLawPurposeBeliefForceWishReligiousOpinionGroupsAtheismChangedComfortableNotionPositive AtheismPersistHierarchyRuthlessBrutesHeresyReligious BeliefDivergentSuppressionOutlawBrute Force Author:S. T. Joshi
“I am of course a skeptic about the divinity of Christ and a scorner of the notion that there is a God who cares about how we are or what we do. ... Religious skeptics often become very bitter towards the end, as did Mark Twain. ... I know why I will become bitter. I will finally realize that I have had it right all along: that I will not see God, that there is no heaven or Judgement Day.” KnowsEndsCareReligionCoursesHeavenChristRealizingReligiousMarkNotionBitterJudgementDivinityWho CaresSkepticJudgement Day Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“The agnostic has a very curious notion of religion. He is convinced that a man who says 'I believe in God' should at once become perfect; if this does not happen, then the believer must be a fraud and a hypocrite. He thinks that adherence to a religion is the end of the road, whereas it is in fact only the beginning of a very long and sometimes very rough road. He looks for consistency in religious people, however aware he may be of inconsistencies in himself” PeopleIfsThinkingMenShouldBelieveLooksMayLongDoeEndsSometimesFactsHappensI BelieveReligiousPerfectNotionI Believe InConvincedBelieverCuriousRoughBelieve In GodFraudConsistencyAgnosticHypocriteInconsistencyI Believe In GodAdherenceEnd Of The Road Book:Islam and the Destiny of Man Source: Islam and the Destiny of Man
“People in the church should not accept the notion that the public square is off limits to religious values.” PeopleShouldChristianValuesChurchReligiousAcceptingLimitsNotionSquaresReligious Values Author:Lloyd Billingsley
“There was a time when most Americans held to the notion that the only sure and secure foundation for freedom was God - the Source of unalienable rights and the Policeman stationed in every human heart... But apparently, we don't believe in that sort of thing anymore.” BelieveHumansHeartChristianReligiousRightsSourceFoundationNotionDon't BelieveSecureHuman HeartPolicemenUnalienable Rights Author:Alan Keyes
“The prevailing notion is that the state should be neutral as to religion, and furthermore, that the best way to be neutral about it is to avoid all mention of it. By this sort of logic, nudism is the best compromise among different styles of dress. The secularist version of 'pluralism' amounts to theological nudism.” WayShouldDifferentStatesChristianReligiousStyleAmountLogicDressesNotionBest WayVersionsCompromiseTheologicalPrevailingDifferent StylesPluralism Author:Joseph Sobran
“One of the most popular current errors, and the one out of which springs most of the noisy, blustering religious activity in evangelical circles, is the notion that as times change the church must change with them.” ChurchReligiousActivitySpringErrorsNotionCurrentsCirclesEvangelicalNoisy Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“The notion of a healthy society, of capable people who are able to enjoy life, arose in the liberal, middle-class, leftist and non-religious segments of society. The euthanasia idea came from neither the radical right-wing nor the conservative corner. It was and remains part of the modern age and progressive thought.” PeopleIdeasAgeAbleEnjoyReligiousClassModernMiddleHealthyCapableRemainsWingsNotionConservativeCornersRadicalMiddle ClassProgressiveEnjoy LifeRight WingLeftistsEuthanasiaModern AgeNon ReligiousHealthy Society Author:Gotz Aly
“The religious heritage sort of suggests implicitly and explicitly that you pay your dues and you get your reward later on, that's a little inconsistent with the notion of personal, happiness. I am a strong believer in a set of values that are rooted in the notion of happiness and personal fulfillment.” LittlesValuesStrongReligiousPayRewardsNotionDuesBelieverFulfillmentHeritageRootedInconsistentPersonal HappinessPersonal Fulfillment Author:Hugh Hefner
“It is the West that has liberated women, racial minorities, religious minorities, and gays and lesbians, recognizing and defending their rights. The notions of freedom and human rights were present at the dawn of Western civilization, as ideals at least, but have gradually come to fruition through supreme acts of self-criticism.” HumansSelfReligiousRightsCivilizationGayIdealsCriticismWestWesternNotionHuman RightsSupremeDawnMinoritiesRecognizingLiberatedWestern CivilizationFruitionSelf CriticismLiberated Woman Author:Ibn Warraq