By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have studied religion, and I have concluded that there is some power. We don't understand it.
Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human.
I analyze religious knowledge and consciousness.
I believe in the power of the human spirit.
I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.
Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.
It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
The more I try to unravel the mysteries of the world in which we live, the more I come to the conception of a single overruling power - God.
It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways.
Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to the benevolence of that power. When I look at the universe and all the ways the universe wants to kill us, I find it hard to reconcile that with statements of beneficence.