This is a direct quote to show his change in religion after the war. ... Also, the bible and beliefs are shown to change at the end with the quote, "After a while Lee came. ... By these quotes, he is saying he demands to be treated fairly, as he deserves today in this land, not as they saw people in the past deserved. ...
While Luther and Machiavelli have fundamentally different approaches to reform, they both pursue the most direct solution to advance society. Machiavelli believes that the most direct measure is ruthless conquest for political gains, while Luther believes that faith brings one directly closer to God. ... For example, in "The Freedom of a Christian," Luther quotes Paul in Romans 10, when he says that man needs nothing more than faith to be righteous. ...
This is only the tip of the iceberg and these questions could go on for pages, but I'm going to touch on and argue on Singers point towards animal rights, which is no doubt supported by PETA, that we have "direct duties to members of other species"(Shaw,p.147). ... I can agree with Singer in this quote and I do not think humans as a species strive for the suffering of other species, but humanity can be described as a selfish species at times. ...
Marx's analysis and critique of religion is perhaps one of the most famous and most quoted by theist and atheist alike. The most famous quote from the work of Karl Marx (and one of the most controversial statements in all of philosophy) is his frank assertion that religion "is the opium of the people" (141)*. ... He worries that people distracted with rituals and ceremonies, the merest "sigh of protest," can not direct any energy towards actually changing their station, as religion "draws off into fantasy the very motives of anger and frustration they need to organise a revolt" (143)*. ...
This quote is very true, as her father is the evangelical missionary leader who parades his religion around, as he craves for the reputation of being a "good person," because he preaches the bible. ... Thi quote not only applies to her views of the Congo, but also of her views on religion. While growing up with her father, her religion was forced upon her, as for their punishment the children were sentenced to "the verse", in which they were required to right out one hundred lines direct from the bible by memory. ...
Jeremy Bentham famously quoted: "the question is not: can they talk, or can they reason, but can they suffer?... Many people believe that although animals and humans may both have a direct moral status, according to their sensory experiences, only human beings deserve a full and equal moral status. ...
Religion in its broad sense of the term is Science of human values and of spirituality which directs these towards the goal supreme-the welfare and happiness of the whole society. ... In another book Swami Jitatmananda quotes Swami Vivekananda: "Religion is the Science which learns the transcendental in nature thr...
James quotes, "whoso calls the Absolute anything in particular, or says that it is this, seems implicitly to shut it off from being that - it is as if he lessened it. - This is to say that not only is anything we use to describe G-d by no means of the level of divine quality, it also limits G-d and detracts from anything else that G-d may be. ... As Søren Kierkegaard puts it, "the works of G-d are such that only G-d may understand them - James' statement that Mystical states must possess a Noetic quality provides for a much more direct approach to establishing the existence of G-d....
1. Bangladesh is characterized as a mono-national Bengali state by some, which also becomes more vivid in the remote rural areas, especially when killings based on religion is not an unheard issue. In the recent times we have witnessed several killings of people speaking voice again injustice to oth...
