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Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Anti-Religion
- Prayer
Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Anti-Religion
- Faith
Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Anti-Religion
Zeus, n. The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- America
- Comedy
We love this kind of death for Allah’s cause as much as you like to live.
Osama bin Laden1957–2011Interview conducted by Peter Arnett in Afghanistan in 1997. Transcript of Osama bin Laden [television] interview by Peter Arnett, March 1997, Reported in Pierre-André Taguieff, Rising from the Muck: The New Anti-Semitism in Europe, translated …
- Life & Death
It’s a big question. Getting rid of religion would be a good start, wouldn’t it? It seems to be causing a lot of havoc.
Björkborn 1965When asked “Given the chance, how would you change the world?” (The Independent, 18 March 2005.)
- Anti-Religion
Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.
William Blake1757–1827Proverbs of Hell, Line 21
- Laws
The vision of Christ that thou dost see
Is my vision’s greatest enemy.
William Blake1757–1827The Everlasting Gospel (c. 1818)
- Christianity
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England’s mountains green,
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England’s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
William Blake1757–1827And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time (c. 1808)In context
- Patriotism
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
William Blake1757–1827And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time (c. 1808)In context
- Patriotism
Jesus’ commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945Discipleship (1937), Preface, tr. Barbara Green and Reinhard Krauss (2001)
- Christianity
- Life & Death
The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from the sphere of politics and law.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Revenge”, p. 141
When holy scripture speaks of following Jesus, it proclaims that people are free from all human rules, from everything which presumes, burdens, or causes worry and torment of conscience.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945Discipleship (1937), Preface, tr. Barbara Green and Reinhard Krauss (2001)
- Christianity
- Freedom
Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting to-day for costly grace.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), ch. 1 “Costly Grace”, p. 43
- Christianity
Patient endurance of evil does not mean a recognition of its rights. That is sheer sentimentality, and Jesus will have nothing to do with it.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Revenge”, p. 142
- Christianity
- Good & Evil