Faith

Having faith in a thing does not make that thing true. Your faith doesn’t even make it ‘probably’ true. Having faith has no weight on truth at all. Having faith simply means you will believe in a thing even if it’s not true.

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Faith doesn’t give you the answers. It just stops you from asking the questions. - Unknown

It’s called Faith because it’s not knowledge. The more knowledge you have, the less faith you need. - Unknown

The discoveries of science have proved that the opinions concerning a firmament above, and a flat earth beneath, are completely inaccurate; but faith delights more in sublimity than truth; it soars far above science in its discoveries, and holds accuracy in contempt. - Ethan Allen

The notion that faith in God is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation, and experience merits everlasting pain, is too absurd for refutation, and can be relieved only by that unhappy mixture of insanity and ignorance called ‘faith’. - Robert Ingersoll

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Prayers

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Nature is impartial; it cannot be flattered by prayers. It does not grant any special favours on request. - Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda Maha Thera

To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words, one can alter Nature. - Francois Voltaire

If you pray for rain long enough, it does eventually fall. If you pray for flood-waters to abate, they eventually do. The same happens in the absence of prayers. - Steve Allen

What discord should we bring into the universe if our prayers were all answered! - Henry Ward Longfellow

The greatest prayer is patience. - The Buddha

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God

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I really do not believe that there is a god. I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one. It's easier to say that I am a radical Atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it's an opinion I hold seriously. It's funny how many people are genuinely surprised to hear a view expressed so strongly. People will then often say, "But surely it's better to remain an Agnostic just in case?" This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness and muddle that I usually edge out of the conversation rather than get sucked into it. (If it turns out that I've been wrong all along, and there is in fact a god, and if it further turned out that this kind of legalistic, cross-your-fingers-behind-your-back, Clintonian hair-splitting impressed him, then I would choose not to worship him anyway.) - Douglas Adams

If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him? If he is infinitely wise, why should we have doubts concerning our future? If he knows all, why warn him of our needs and fatigue him with our prayers? If he is everywhere, why erect temples to him? If he is just, why fear that he will punish the creatures that he has filled with weaknesses? If grace does everything for them, what reason would he have for recompensing them? If he is all-powerful, how offend him, how resist him? If he is reasonable, how can he be angry at the blind, to whom he has given the liberty of being unreasonable? If he is immovable, by what right do we pretend to make him change his decrees? If he is inconceivable, why occupy ourselves with him? If he has spoken, why is the universe not convinced? If the knowledge of a God is the most necessary, why is it not the most evident and the clearest? - Percy Bysshe Shelley

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. - Friedrich Nietzsche

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Churches

Light houses are more helpful than churches. - Benjamin Franklin

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Some go to church to see and be seen, Some go there to say they have been, Some go there to sleep and nod, But few go there to worship God. - Proverb

Where Christ erecteth his church, the devil in the same churchyard will have his chapel. - Richard Bancroft

People don’t come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God. - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Most of us spend the first six days of the week sowing wild oats, then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure. - Fred Allen

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Christianity

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The best cure for Christianity is reading the bible. - Mark Twain

The greatest crime in fundamentalist Christianity is to think. - Unknown

The real difficulty with thousands in the present day is not that Christianity has been found wanting, but that it has never been seriously tried. - Henry Parry Liddon

What is wrong with Christianity is that it refrains from doing all those things that Christ commanded should be done. - Friedrich Nietzsche

He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth will proceed by loving his own sect of church better than Christianity, and end by loving himself better than all. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Bible

I wonder how many people read the Bible in its entirety. And can one seriously believe in the Bible after having read it thoroughly?

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Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of [another]. - Harper Lee

It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. – Mark Twain

One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad. - Aleister Crowley

Someone ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The prechers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Proffessors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not, because they would be defeated. Editors dare not, they lose their subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. And so, I thought I would do it myself. - Robert G Ingersoll

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Beliefs

Your beliefs – they are just that. They are nothing, they are just how you were taught, and raised. That doesn’t make them real. You have a right to your beliefs, but that does not mean your beliefs are right. You shouldn’t believe everything you were told, and you shouldn’t believe everything you hear. Don’t believe hastily.

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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. - H. L. Mencken

You can’t convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it’s based on a deep-seated need to believe. - Carl Sagan

Your beliefs don’t make you a better person. Your behaviour does. - Unknown

The world is fast succumbing to the activities of men and women who would stake the future of our species on beliefs that should not survive an elementary school education. - Sam Harris

Beliefs don’t change facts. Facts, if you’re reasonable, should change your beliefs. - Ricky Gervais

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Atheism

Atheism is not a religion. One does not convert to Atheism. One simply realizes everything they’ve been told about god is bullshit.

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Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down, down. Amen!" If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about the concept. - Dan Barker

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. - Stephen Roberts

The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief – call it what you will – than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counter attractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course. - A. A. Milne

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. - Eric Hoffer

The road to Atheism is littered with bibles that have been read cover to cover. - Andrew L. Seidel

When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell. The dungeon was flooded with light and all the bolts and bars and manacles became dust. - Robert Green Ingersoll

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Peace of Mind

Peace of mind is of utmost importance to spiritual practice. When our minds are troubled, and not at peace, we will not be able to think or concentrate. Only when our minds are calm and peaceful, then we can be aware of our surroundings and what is happening around us. Hence, our first spiritual practice should be to practice Peace of Mind.

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The Art of Peace begins with you. Work on yourself and your appointed task in the Art of Peace. Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment. Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all that you encounter. - Morihei Ueshiba

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the centre of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this centre is really everywhere, it is within each of us. - Black Elk

Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible. - Thich Nhat Hanh

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Spiritual Teachers

It is good to have a teacher to guide us on the spiritual path. However, good and genuine teachers are hard to come by. Until one comes along we have to depend on ourselves. It is said when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Until then, we can refer to the Teachings of the Buddhas and the sages to guide us. Let them be our guides, our teachers.

Understand also, that Spirituality is a very personal thing. And our spiritual journey is ours to take. We have to undergo the process of understanding and enlightenment ourselves. No one can do it for us. Teachers, however great, can never give their knowledge to the pupils. They can only point out the direction of the Path. After listening to the teacher, whether or not we walk the Path by practicing ourselves, is strictly up to each one of us. Teachers can kindle the light if the oil is in the lamp.

So, if we are confident in ourselves, we might not need a teacher. The Buddha himself didn’t have a teacher. He gained enlightenment on his own.

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The great teachings unanimously emphasize that all the peace, wisdom, and joy in the universe are already within us; we don't have to gain, develop, or attain them. We're like a child standing in a beautiful park with his eyes shut tight. We don't need to imagine trees, flowers, deer, birds, and sky; we merely need to open our eyes and realize what is already here, who we really are. - Unknown

Contemplate the workings of this world, listen to the words of the wise. Open your own door to truth. Do not overlook the truth that is right before you. Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Everything – even mountains, rivers, plants, and trees-should be your teacher. - Morihei Ueshiba

An awakened teacher can only be your lighthouse, casting light on your path, but you must understand it and walk your own path. - Frank M. Wanderer

The highest truth cannot be put into words. Therefore the greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries. - Lao Tzu

Don't just go and believe in the teacher because he says a fruit is sweet and delicious. Taste it for yourself and then all the doubting will be over. - Unknown

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