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Belief: comfort or conflict?

Religion is a structured system of beliefs, practices, and worldviews that connect humanity to an order of existence greater than themselves, often involving a belief in a supernatural power or powers and a moral code to live by. It provides meaning, purpose, and a framework for understanding life's biggest questions, offering comfort, community, and a sense of belonging within a world often perceived as chaotic and uncertain.

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Benito Mussolini
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John Lennon
John Lennon
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon

# Religion & Critics of religion

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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Slavoj Žižek" (Quotes, The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989))
“16”
— Slavoj Zizek
Academics from Slovenia Sociologists from Slovenia 1949 births Living people
Virginia Woolf
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Virginia Woolf" (Quotes, A Room of One's Own (1929):
(full text, multiple formats))
“Ch. 2,”
— Virginia Woolf
Feminists from England Atheists from England Novelists from England Essayists from England
Bill Maher
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Bill Maher" (Quotes, New Rules: A Work Revolution (2023): Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) (3 February 2023))
“I want?”
— Bill Maher
Actors from the United States Stand-up comedians from the United States Atheists from the United States Atheism activists
Kurt Vonnegut
Context: • recurring phrase
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kurt Vonnegut" (Quotes, Breakfast of Champions (1973):
Full title: Breakfast of Champions, Or Goodbye Blue Monday!)
“And so on.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
Academics from the United States Absurdists Agnostics from the United States Humanists‎
Bill Maher
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Bill Maher" (Quotes, New Rules: A Work Revolution (2023): Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) (3 February 2023))
“him.”
— Bill Maher
Actors from the United States Stand-up comedians from the United States Atheists from the United States Atheism activists

# Religion & Philosophy

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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Prophecy" (Quotes, M, Mahabharata, Book 3, Vana Parva ~400 BCE: full text online)
“After Kali Yuga”
— Unknown
Religious philosophy Religious studies books Religion
The All
Context: • One is The All.
 • Cleopatra the Alchemist, in The Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra
• Source: Wikiquote: "The All" (C)
“Hen to pan”
— The All
Holism Monism Philosophy Religion
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Context: • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. (November 30, 2004)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Fate" (Quotes)
“Fate is Never Final.”
— Unknown
Themes Philosophy Religion Belief
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Prophecy" (Quotes, M, Mahabharata, Book 3, Vana Parva ~400 BCE: full text online)
“Kali Yuga Predictions”
— Unknown
Religious philosophy Religious studies books Religion
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Context: • The fates call.
• Virgil, Georgics (c. 29 BC), IV. 496.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Fate" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 261-65.)
“Fata vocant.”
— Unknown
Themes Philosophy Religion Belief

# Religion & Belief

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Context: • John Milton, Comus (1637), line 519.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Unbelief" (Quotes)
“Unbelief is blind.”
— Unknown
Religion Belief
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Context: • To give the sails to fate.
• Virgil, Æneid (29-19 BC), III. 9.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Fate" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 261-65.)
“Dare fatis vela.”
— Unknown
Themes Philosophy Religion Belief
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Context: • Philip James Bailey, Festus (1813), scene Wood and Water. Sunset.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Fate" (Quotes)
“The heart is its own Fate.”
— Unknown
Themes Philosophy Religion Belief
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Context: • Thomas Otway, Youth Preserved, Act III, scene 1.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Fate" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 261-65.)
“Big with the fate of Rome.”
— Unknown
Themes Philosophy Religion Belief
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Context: • Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia, Chapter V.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Oblivion" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 564-65.)
“Oblivion is not to be hired.”
— Unknown
Religion Death Philosophy Belief

# Religion & Cultural critics

Kurt Vonnegut
Context: • Final line
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kurt Vonnegut" (Quotes, Slaughterhouse-Five (1969):
Full title: Slaughterhouse-Five, Or The Children's Crusade : A Duty-dance with Death These are just a few samples, for more from this work see Slaughterhouse-Five)
“"Poo-Tee-Weet?"”
— Kurt Vonnegut
Academics from the United States Absurdists Agnostics from the United States Humanists‎
Kurt Vonnegut
Context: • Prologue, and a recurring phrase throughout the book.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kurt Vonnegut" (Quotes, Slapstick (1976):
Full title: Slapstick, or Lonesome No More)
“Hi Ho”
— Kurt Vonnegut
Academics from the United States Absurdists Agnostics from the United States Humanists‎
Baruch Spinoza
Context: • God or Nature
• Part IV, Preface (Deum seu Naturam, Deus seu Natura);
• Source: Wikiquote: "Baruch Spinoza" (Quotes, Ethics (1677))
“Deus seu Natura”
— Baruch Spinoza
1632 births 1677 deaths People from Amsterdam Monists
Kurt Vonnegut
Context: • Recurring statement throughout the novel on the subject of life, death and mortal existence.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kurt Vonnegut" (Quotes, Slaughterhouse-Five (1969):
Full title: Slaughterhouse-Five, Or The Children's Crusade : A Duty-dance with Death These are just a few samples, for more from this work see Slaughterhouse-Five)
“So it goes.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
Academics from the United States Absurdists Agnostics from the United States Humanists‎
Arthur Schopenhauer
Context: • Book 1
• Source: Wikiquote: "Arthur Schopenhauer" (Quotes, The World as Will and Representation (1819; 1844; 1859):
Quotations from translations of Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (first edition published in 1819, the second in 1844, the third in 1859; certain quotes appear only in specific editions) – Also translated as The World as Will and Idea – Full translation online at Wikisource)
“My body and my will are one.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
1788 births 1860 deaths 19th-century philosophers Antinatalists

# Religion & Social critics

Kurt Vonnegut
Context: • Introduction (1966)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kurt Vonnegut" (Quotes, Mother Night (1961))
“When you're dead you're dead.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
Academics from the United States Absurdists Agnostics from the United States Humanists‎
Kurt Vonnegut
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Kurt Vonnegut" (Quotes, Hocus Pocus (1990))
“They're playin our song Gene!”
— Kurt Vonnegut
Academics from the United States Absurdists Agnostics from the United States Humanists‎
Kurt Vonnegut
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Kurt Vonnegut" (Quotes, Hocus Pocus (1990))
“How embarrassing to be human.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
Academics from the United States Absurdists Agnostics from the United States Humanists‎
Frankie Boyle
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Frankie Boyle" (Stand-up, Excited for You to See and Hate This (2020))
“Hello you cunts, black power!”
— Frankie Boyle
1972 births Living people Stand-up comedians Humorists
William Gibson
Context: • Comments at A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, San Francisco, California (5 February 2004)
• Source: Wikiquote: "William Gibson" (Quotes)
“The future is not google-able.”
— William Gibson
Science fiction authors from the United States 1948 births Living people Novelists from the United States
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