Rituals And Religion Quotes

“The corrupt are into rituals, whereas the virtuous are spiritual.”
― Abhaidev, The Gods Are Not Dead

“Primitive humans could not comprehend the vastness of infinity and eternity, so as a trick of self-preservation they came up with the perception of survival of the soul after death and its recurring incarnations.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Parasite: Revelation of Neuroscience

“Animal sacrifice, for example, the central rite of nearly every religious system in antiquity, preserved prehistoric hunting ceremonies and continued to honor a beast that gave its life for the sake of humankind. One of the functions of ritual is to evoke an anxiety in such a way that the community is forced to confront and control it. From the very beginning, it seems, religious life was rooted in acknowledgment of the tragic fact that life depends upon the destruction of other creatures.”
― Karen Armstrong, The Case for God

“Rituals matter—for you and for me and for us.”
― Amy F. Davis Abdallah, Meaning in the Moment: How Rituals Help Us Move through Joy, Pain, and Everything in Between

“Religion is a set of rituals.”
― Debasish Mridha

“When a community fails to distinguish the rituals from the religion, it needs to prophecies to predict its spiritual demise.”
― tatsat

“The expressions like rituals & worships can only provide some kind of a shield, albeit temporarily, and make you stand still.”
― Sandeep Sahajpal, The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!

“Spiritual: Be ‘Spirit’ and leave the ritual.”
― Syed Sharukh

“There are other sacred ordinances. When we think of them, we see communion, marriage, and baptism. Really, all three ordinances are theater pieces depicting God’s relationship with His beloved.”
― Laura Bartnick, BEING CREATIVE