Church [Theme]

Don’t go to church very often; on memorable dates it’s good to serve the Liturgy, and the rest of the time, pray yourself. Yes, and not by standing in front of icons all day, but by the memory of God in the usual doing of everyday concerns. Briefly, easily and even cheerfully, turning to the Lord: Lord,

The clergy forces us to fulfill every stupid demand of theirs under the guise of religious requirements.

The official religion for the people was, in her opinion, a tool necessary to force millions of slaves to obediently bend their backs.

- Yes, I'm serious. Any parishioner there... What a parishioner! Any stubborn atheist, when he sees that evil, well, it cannot penetrate the territory of the temple. What does this mean? That faith is strong and reliable.

Atheism is simply a very rarefied form of faith.

Religion has never been about explaining how the world works. Anyone who tries to convince you otherwise is either a liar or an idiot. Religion is about how one should behave.

Mother Teresa flew straight from Calcutta to help the church campaign to maintain the ban. From this campaign it came out that an Irish woman who is beaten by her drunkard husband, who rapes his own children, does not deserve a better life and risks going to hell if she begs for a chance to start all over again <...> That same year, Mother Teresa publicly expressed hope that that Princess Diana will breathe a sigh of relief, having escaped from an apparently unsuccessful marriage. However, few are surprised if church rules turn out to be stricter for the poor than for the rich.

The nature of religion forces it to interfere in the lives of non-believers, heretics and followers of other faiths. She can talk about bliss in the next world, but she wants power in this world. There is nothing surprising here. Religion, as we remember, was invented by people. What it lacks in confidence in its own propaganda, it makes up for with intolerance towards competitors.

How many of them actually went against the grain and sought the truth despite constant opposition, ridicule and adversity?

Your religion does not forbid me anything, it forbids you.

- I'm just talking out loud. It is easier to rely on a deity than to accept the idea that you yourself are responsible for your decisions.

Reading as such serves an important religious or mythical function.

It is not right for a woman’s heart to become so immersed in God that she stops hearing her own truth.

- Everything is good in moderation.