A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though an earthquake shook the foundations of the soul, and the very being quivers and sways under the shock.
A religion must be instrumental in spiritualising the individual into a boundless and holistic nature.
A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives.
Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.
To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity.
Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
The fact that I don't have any particular need for religion doesn't mean that I have a need to cast religion aside the way some of my colleagues do.
In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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