“That the religious right completely took over the word Christian is a given. At one time, phrases such as Christian charity and Christian tolerance were used to denote kindness and compassion. To perform a "Christian" act meant an act of giving, of acceptance, of toleration. Now, Christian is invariably linked to right-wing conservative political thought -- Christian nation, Christian morality, Christian values, Christian family.” GivingReasonChristianPoliticalUsedReligionValuesGivenNationsReligiousFreedomCompassionLibertyKindnessAcceptanceMoralityWingsCharityConservativeTolerancePhrasesOne TimeAgnosticLinkedRight WingKindness And CompassionTolerationChristian NationChristian FamilyChristian MoralityChristian ValuesConservative Political Author:Peter McWilliams
“My opinion is that we have, in the person of Da Free John, a Spiritual Master and religious genius of the ultimate degree. I assure you I do not mean that lightly. I am not tossing out high-powered phrases to 'hype' the works of Da Free John. I am simply offering to you my own considered opinion: Da Free John's teaching is, I believe, unsurpassed by that of any other spiritual Hero, of any period, of any place, of any time, of any persuasion.” BelieveMeanPersonsSpiritualI BelieveReligiousMy OwnOpinionTeachingMastersGeniusHeroPeriodsDegreesUltimatePhrasesOfferingPersuasionHypeSpiritual Masters Author:Ken Wilber
“What chiefly concerns and alarms many of us are the problems arising from religious fanaticism. As long as large numbers of militant enthusiasts are persuaded that they alone have access to the truth, and that the rest of us are infidels, we remain under threat. Lord Acton's famous phrase about power can be used of another danger. Dogma tends to corrupt, and absolute dogma corrupts absolutely.” LongProblemUsedReligiousNumbersLordAtheismDangerConcernAbsolutesThreatPositive AtheismAccessPhrasesDogmaFanaticismAlarmsLarge NumbersMilitantInfidel Author:Anthony Storr
“Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today. I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. 'Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion.' Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.” HeartArtIdeasRealTodayFormForceReligiousLibertyModernDeserveConsequenceCriticismThreatIslamStupidityTyrannyFearlessCodeParisPhrasesTragicSatireTotalitarianismDishonestyCharlieDisrespectMutationWeaponryCharlie Hebdo Author:Salman Rushdie
“Do you think that a man is renewed by God's Spirit, when except for a few religious phrases, and a little more outside respectability, he is just the old man, the same character at heart he ever was?” ThinkingMenHeartLittlesCharacterSpiritReligiousPhrasesOld ManRegenerationRespectability Book:The Good News of God: Easyread Comfort Edition Source: The Good News of God: Easyread Comfort Edition
“I wonder whether our adoption of Shrink-ese as a second language, the move from religious phrases of judgment to secular words of acceptance, hasn't also produced a moral lobotomy. In the reluctance, the aversion to being judgmental, are we disabled from making any judgments at all?” MovingLanguageReligiousWonderMoralAcceptanceJudgmentPhrasesAdoptionSecularShrinksDisabledJudgmentalAversionReluctanceLobotomyBeing Judgmental Author:Ellen Goodman
“Stephen L. Carter coined the phrase 'the culture of disbelief' to describe the prevailing hostility in Western culture toward public expressions of faith.” ChristianCultureReligiousExpressionWesternPhrasesHostilityDisbeliefCarterPrevailingWestern Culture Author:Josh McDowell
“Justice William Brennan stated that the phrase 'under God' in our Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional because it no longer has a religious purpose or meaning.” ChristianPurposeReligiousJusticePhrasesPledgeAllegiancePledge Of Allegiance Author:Mathew Staver
“I think that the Court's task, in this as in all areas of constitutional adjudication, is not responsibly aided by the uncritical invocation of metaphors like the ' wall of separation,' a phrase nowhere to be found in the Constitution.” ThinkingChristianFoundReligiousWallAreasTasksConstitutionCourtMetaphorSeparationPhrasesInvocation Author:Potter Stewart