“I just think in this world of extreme religious pluralism, the great spectrum of things ranging from the healthy and the respectable, and the balance and the true and tried, you go down to quite bizarre things which are very risky for people, particularly people who are young or vulnerable or unable to discriminate.” PeopleThinkingWorldYoungReligiousThis WorldBalanceHealthyExtremesVulnerableBizarreSpectrumRespectablePluralismPluralism Is Author:Peter Hollingworth
“Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not religious, he will be superstitious. IF he worship not the true God, he will have his idols.” IfsMenWorldReligiousThis WorldWorshipIdolsSuperstitiousTrue GodTrue Worship Book:Critical Writings Source: Critical Writings
“To act well in this world, one must sacrifice all personal desires. The people who become missionaries of religious thought have no other Fatherland than this thought. Man is not on Earth merely to be happy, nor even simply to be honest. He is here to realize great things for humanity, to attain nobility, and to surmount the vulgarity of nearly every individual.” PeopleMenWorldWellsEarthDesireHumanityIndividualRealizingReligiousSacrificeHonestThis WorldGreat ThingsBeing HonestNobilityVulgarityFatherlandPersonal Desire Author:Ernest Renan
“The best characterization is provided by the product of this religious education, the Jew himself. His life is only of this world, and his spirit is inwardly as alien to true Christianity as his nature two thousand years previous was to the great founder of the new doctrine.” WorldYearsTwoLife IsSpiritReligiousChristianityThis WorldProductsThousandJewDoctrineAliensFoundersThousand YearsMein KampfCharacterizationReligious ViewsReligious EducationTrue Christianity Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf
“Any issue, including political, economic and religious activities human beings pursue in this world, should be fully understood before we pass our judgement. Therefore, it is very important to know the causes. Whatever the issue, we should be able to see the complete picture. This will enable us to comprehend the whole story.” KnowsWorldShouldHumansImportantWholeStoriesAblePoliticalCausesReligiousHuman BeingsIssuesEconomicThis WorldActivityUnderstoodIncludingPursueJudgement Author:Dalai Lama
“There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins.” WorldEndsBeliefReligiousThis WorldRacistSatireBigotryIntoleranceReligious BeliefReligious IntolerancePolitical Satire Author:Isaac Hayes
“That a god like Jehovah should have created this world of misery and woe, out of pure caprice, and because he enjoyed doing it, and should then have clapped his hands in praise of his own work, and declared everything to be very good-that will not do at all!” WorldShouldGodHandsReligiousThis WorldPureShould HavePraiseMiseryVery GoodEnjoyedWoeJehovahCaprice Book:Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer Source: Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer
“When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.” WorldWarEnoughEvilReligiousViolenceThis WorldBloodshedUnifying Author:Elie Wiesel
“We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of God. Amazing grace is no longer amazing to us.” WorldLongSufferingFaithReligiousGraceThis WorldMercyAccustomedPuzzledBewilderedLong SufferingAmazing Grace Author:R. C. Sproul
“A man in this world must solve a problem: to be with Christ, or to be against Him. And every man decides this, whether he wants to or not. He will either be a lover of Christ or a fighter of Christ. There is no third option.” MenWorldWantInspirationalProblemChristianChristReligiousThis WorldLoversThirdsSolveEvery ManFighterOrthodox Author:Justin Popovic
“Whoever fears God stands above all manner of fear. He has become a stranger to all the fear of this world and placed it far from himself, and no manner of trembling comes near him.” WorldInspirationalChristianReligiousThis WorldStrangerOrthodoxTremblingFear God Author:Ephrem the Syrian