- in angels
- "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good" - Thomas Paine
- in life before death
- church (the building) isn't for me
- mega churches suck
- “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” -Dalai Lama
- that everything happens for a reason
- if it's meant to be, it will happen
- Muhammad, Jesus, Buddha, whoever you choose, they'll all lead you to God
- "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. " - Buddha
- in different strokes for different folks
- your prejudice is your own. don't blame it on God
- "you don't have a soul. you are a soul. you have a body" -c.s. lewis
- we shouldn't spend much time worrying about an afterlife
- "faith has nothing to fear from thinking" albert schweitzer
- scripture should be treated with respect but not necessarily taken literally
- "prayer is not asking. it is a longing of the soul" gandhi
- spiritual fulfillment is found by being around those you love and watching people treat each other well
- God is not male or female, sex is a human classification
- "going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to the garage makes you a car"
- scripture is full of metaphors
- Jesus was the son of God...but we are brother and sister and will do greater things (John 14:12)
- God cannot be housed and is too big to fit in one religion
- it's possible to be moral without being religious
- To be valuable to me, religion and spirituality must be sought largely in private
- “Church isn’t where you meet. Church isn’t a building. Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let’s not go to Church, let’s be the Church.” -bridget willard
- purity isn't for everyone
- "science without religion is lame. religion without science is blind" albert einstein
jul 20 2010 ∞
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