Religion : (21)

" All too often, the word ‘religion’ has become identified with those promoting a frankly anti-scientific view of nature and of our place in the natural world. " - Kenneth R. Miller

" Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society. " - B. R. Ambedkar

" With increasing poverty, welfare dependency and violence in the United States, religion and religious organizations have an important role to play combating societal problems. " - Mercedes Schlapp

" My Latin education teaches me that religion comes from religio, which means, ‘to bind.’ To bind with rope. And that’s all it means. So whenever I hear somebody go, ‘I feel so religious right now!’ I’m like, ‘Well, you’re tying yourself up in knots, are you?’ " - James Callis

" My family is very religious. " - Brendon Urie

" Religion does not consist in making a noise, yet when the soul is filled with the Spirit of the Lord, sweet, heart-felt praise to God glorifies him. " - Ellen G. White

" We did go to shul when I was younger, on the High Holidays, and sometimes on Shabbat. " - Harry Enten

" I think most of our religious institutions are pretty corrupt, so they’re not reliable. I think the Christian religion that I was brought up with has very little to do with Christ, really, and more an institutions that have built up around the church. " - Richard Gere

" I don’t believe there’s any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force. " - Ian Mcewan

" Religion is an irrational construct. " - Michel Onfray