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Secular Quotes

What is the secular basis of Judaism? Practical need, self interest. What is the worldly religion of the Jew? Huckstering. What is his worldly God? Money Picture Quote #1

Jacob's Ladder represents a bridge between Jacob's secular mindset to make it in this world and the reality of Heavenly things Picture Quote #1

Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion Picture Quote #1

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout Picture Quote #1

How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence Picture Quote #1

Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage Picture Quote #1

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In our increasingly secular society, with so many disparate gods and different faiths, superhero films present a unique canvas upon which our shared hopes, dreams and apocalyptic nightmares can be projected and played out Picture Quote #1

I say that politics is the most important of the civil activities and has it's own field of action, which is not that of religion. Political institutions are secular by definition and operate in independent spheres Picture Quote #1

The job of the architect becomes more difficult in this secular age. Where once he had a God to extol, he now has humans like himself; where once he had he, he now has she and they Picture Quote #1

The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the top of his condition Picture Quote #1

It is our homes and families that need reforming in this increasingly materialistic and secular world Picture Quote #1

Private religious speech can’t be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech Picture Quote #1

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Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable secular analogues that throw light upon the nature of language Picture Quote #1

Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that truth is only that the universe is as indifferent to us as we are to it Picture Quote #1

Some of those drawn into the holy war had been secular nationalists only a few years before. If one looks at the biographies of these people, remarkable continuities are revealed Picture Quote #1

Psychologists have set about describing the true nature of women with a certainty and a sense of their own infallibility rarely found in the secular world Picture Quote #1

There are moral religious people and moral secular people, immoral religious people and immoral secular people Picture Quote #1

For democrats, it’s as crucial to defend secular culture as to preserve secular law. And in fact the two projects are inseparable: When religion defines morality, the wall between church and state comes to be seen as immoral Picture Quote #1

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Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular God and all the world thrilled to behold the amazing powers of private capital, the idea of privatizing highways and airports and other bits of our transportation infrastructure made a certain kind of sense Picture Quote #1

In our secular society, school has become the replacement for church, and like church it requires that its teachings must be taken on faith Picture Quote #1

Math... music... starry nights... These are secular ways of achieving transcendence, of feeling lifted into a grand perspective. It’s a sense of being awed by existence that almost obliterates the self. Religious people think of it as an essentially religious experience but it’s not. It’s an essentially human experience Picture Quote #1

In the morning was again distressed as soon as I waked, hearing much talk about the world and the things of it. I perceived the men were in some measure afraid of me; and I discoursed something about sanctifying the sabbath, if possible to solemnize their minds: but when they were at a little distance, they again talked freely about secular affairs. Oh, I thought what a hell it would be, to live with such men to eternity! Picture Quote #1

We’re in a religious war and we need to aggressively oppose secular humanism; these people are as religiously motivated as we are and they are filled with the devil Picture Quote #1

The arrogance of some of those who are so damned sure they are right is just astounding. Scientific witch hunts are often the worst kind, and have been since the secular authorities stopped enforcing the local bishop’s decrees of anathema Picture Quote #1

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There is nothing more difficult to outgrow than anxieties that have become useful to us, whether as explanations for a life that never quite finds its true force or direction, or as fuel for ambition, or as a kind of reflexive secular religion that, paradoxically, unites us with others in a shared sense of complete isolation: you feel at home in the world only by never feeling at home in the world Picture Quote #1

The real enemy is the secular humanist mindset which seeks to destroy everything that is good in this society Picture Quote #1

It is secular spiritual music, the gospel blues. It’s music from the heart instead of the head Picture Quote #1

A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical Picture Quote #1

What nearly all suicide terrorist attacks have in common is a specific secular and strategic goal: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from territory that the terrorists consider to be their homeland Picture Quote #1

Much of human progress has been in defiance of religion or of the apparent natural order. The defiance of religious and secular authority has led to democracy, human rights, and the protection of the environment. Humanists make no apologies for this. Humanists twist no biblical doctrine to justify such actions Picture Quote #1

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What is the secular basis of Judaism? Practical need, self interest. What is the worldly religion of the Jew? Huckstering. What is his worldly God? Money (Secular Quotes) Jacob's Ladder represents a bridge between Jacob's secular mindset to make it in this world and the reality of Heavenly things (Secular Quotes) Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion (Secular Quotes) Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout (Secular Quotes) How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence (Secular Quotes) Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage (Secular Quotes) In our increasingly secular society, with so many disparate gods and different faiths, superhero films present a unique canvas upon which our shared hopes, dreams and apocalyptic nightmares can be projected and played out (Secular Quotes) I say that politics is the most important of the civil activities and has it's own field of action, which is not that of religion. Political institutions are secular by definition and operate in independent spheres (Secular Quotes) The job of the architect becomes more difficult in this secular age. Where once he had a God to extol, he now has humans like himself; where once he had he, he now has she and they (Secular Quotes) The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the top of his condition (Secular Quotes) It is our homes and families that need reforming in this increasingly materialistic and secular world (Secular Quotes) Private religious speech can’t be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech (Secular Quotes) Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable secular analogues that throw light upon the nature of language (Secular Quotes) Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that truth is only that the universe is as indifferent to us as we are to it (Secular Quotes) Some of those drawn into the holy war had been secular nationalists only a few years before. If one looks at the biographies of these people, remarkable continuities are revealed (Secular Quotes) Psychologists have set about describing the true nature of women with a certainty and a sense of their own infallibility rarely found in the secular world (Secular Quotes) There are moral religious people and moral secular people, immoral religious people and immoral secular people (Secular Quotes) For democrats, it’s as crucial to defend secular culture as to preserve secular law. And in fact the two projects are inseparable: When religion defines morality, the wall between church and state comes to be seen as immoral (Secular Quotes) Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular God and all the world thrilled to behold the amazing powers of private capital, the idea of privatizing highways and airports and other bits of our transportation infrastructure made a certain kind of sense (Secular Quotes) In our secular society, school has become the replacement for church, and like church it requires that its teachings must be taken on faith (Secular Quotes) Math... music... starry nights... These are secular ways of achieving transcendence, of feeling lifted into a grand perspective. It’s a sense of being awed by existence that almost obliterates the self. Religious people think of it as an essentially religious experience but it’s not. It’s an essentially human experience (Secular Quotes) In the morning was again distressed as soon as I waked, hearing much talk about the world and the things of it. I perceived the men were in some measure afraid of me; and I discoursed something about sanctifying the sabbath, if possible to solemnize their minds: but when they were at a little distance, they again talked freely about secular affairs. Oh, I thought what a hell it would be, to live with such men to eternity! (Secular Quotes) We’re in a religious war and we need to aggressively oppose secular humanism; these people are as religiously motivated as we are and they are filled with the devil (Secular Quotes) The arrogance of some of those who are so damned sure they are right is just astounding. Scientific witch hunts are often the worst kind, and have been since the secular authorities stopped enforcing the local bishop’s decrees of anathema (Secular Quotes) There is nothing more difficult to outgrow than anxieties that have become useful to us, whether as explanations for a life that never quite finds its true force or direction, or as fuel for ambition, or as a kind of reflexive secular religion that, paradoxically, unites us with others in a shared sense of complete isolation: you feel at home in the world only by never feeling at home in the world (Secular Quotes) The real enemy is the secular humanist mindset which seeks to destroy everything that is good in this society (Secular Quotes) It is secular spiritual music, the gospel blues. It’s music from the heart instead of the head (Secular Quotes) A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical (Secular Quotes) What nearly all suicide terrorist attacks have in common is a specific secular and strategic goal: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from territory that the terrorists consider to be their homeland (Secular Quotes) Much of human progress has been in defiance of religion or of the apparent natural order. The defiance of religious and secular authority has led to democracy, human rights, and the protection of the environment. Humanists make no apologies for this. Humanists twist no biblical doctrine to justify such actions (Secular Quotes)

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