Our minds sometimes see what our hearts wish were true.
Angels and demons were identical--interchangeable archetypes--all a matter of polarity. The guardian angel who conquered your enemy in battle was perceived by your enemy as a demon destroyer.
Since the beginning of time, spirituality and religion have been called to fill in the gaps that science did not understand.
Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some of us go to Mecca, some of us study subatomic particles. In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.
Death is only a byproduct of terrorism.
But who is more ignorant? The man who cannot define lightning, or the man who does not respect its awesome power?
Religion has always persecuted science.
Pain is a part of growing-up. It is how we learn.
Both angels and demons are ignorant of the future, yet they make predictions. The angels do so when God reveals the future to them and commands them to prophesy, and what they prophesy comes to pass. Demons also make predictions, but these are only guesses based on what they see from afar.
…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.
Sometimes, divine revelation simply means adjusting your brain to hear what your heart already knows." Angels and Demons p. 484
Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths… all faiths… are admonitions that there is something we cannot understand, something to which we are accountable. With faith we are accountable to each other, to ourselves, and to a higher truth. Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed. The church consists of a brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls wanting only to be a voice of compassion in a world spinning out of control.
Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am not meant to.
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.
Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone.
This is not some silly game...This is life and death Angels and demons.
Because love and hate were supposed to stand cleanly on opposite sides of the spectrum. The division seemed as clear as...well, angels and demons would once have seemed to her. Not anymore.
Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.
Religion is like language or dress. We gravitate toward the practices with which we were raised. In the end, though, we are all proclaiming the same thing. That life has meaning. That we are grateful for the power that created us.
Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed.
From Santi's earthly tomb with demon's hole, 'Cross Rome the mystic elements unfold. The path of light is laid, the sacred test, Let angels guide you on your lofty quest.
Evil is the shadow of angel. Just as there are angels of light, support, guidance, healing and defense, so we have experiences of shadow angels. And we have names for them: racism, sexism, homophobia are all demons - but they're not out there.
God, grant me strength to accept those things I cannot change.
Skepticism has become a virtue. Cynicism and demand for proof has become enlightened thought. Is it any wonder that humans now feel more depressed and defeated than they have at any point in human history?
The media is the right arm of anarchy.
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