{"quotes":[{"text":"Doctrines, no matter which path of human endeavor they come from, must serve the humans, not the humans serving the doctrines. “Love thy neighbor” - is a great doctrine, but more importantly, it is an unparalleled piece of magnificent human teaching – as such, whoever practices it, becomes a better human, a real human. On the other hand, there is another doctrine that says “God may purify the believers and destroy the disbelievers” – now would you, as a real conscientious human being, consider this one as a great beneficial doctrine or teaching for humanity? Far from being great, doctrines like this are the ones that compel the human society to forget its innate humanism.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["brainy","compassion","consciousness","doctrine","doctrine-of-virtue","doctrines","empathy","human-mind","human-nature","humanism","humanity","indoctrination","inspirational","kindness","love","love-and-kindness","love-thy-neighbor","love-thy-neighbour","philosophy","principles-of-humanism","religion","religious-extremism","religious-fundamentalism","scripture","truth","words-of-wisdom"],"id":56727,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"We are slaves whose masters are dead. For we are mostly controlled by doctrines which were established centuries heretofore.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["doctrines","dogma","enslavement","slavery","social-systems"],"id":105191,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Mother Nature created God as a neurological anti-depressant sentiment, but Man tore that God apart into pieces and made citadels of differentiation out of them.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["brainy","differentiation","divine","divinity","doctrines","evolutionary-psychology","faith","fundamentalism","global-harmony","god","harmony-and-peace","human-mind","human-nature","humanity","inspirational","love-and-compassion","mother-nature","naturalism","neurology","neuropsychology","neuroscience","neurotheology","pearls-of-wisdom","philosophy","psychology-of-religion","religion","religious","religious-diversity","religious-extremism","religious-fundamentalism","religious-tolerance","seperatism","spirituality","theology","wisdom","words-of-wisdom"],"id":118702,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Unlike most other world religions, Buddhism has never been too rigid in its structure.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["buddha","buddhahood","buddhism","doctrines","indoctrination","religion","religious-extremism","religious-fundamentalism","religious-scriptures"],"id":172973,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Pardon me for budging into concoction of the aristocrats blowing their trumpets, the demagogues' doctrines, the antagonists' squeals, the hypocrites' assertions, the sycophants fawning adoration, the facebookers' slants, the youthful sneers, the pragmatic notions n of course some acquiescent aspirants....This facebook page is so bombarded by myriad posts....Maddening to read n like all.....So here's wishing each one of the revered contestants all the best.....May the deserving win.....","author":"Mukesh Kwatra","tags":["antagonists","aristocrats","aspirants","demagogues","doctrines","elections","facebook","hypocrite","politics","posts","slants","sneers","squeal","sycophants","youth"],"id":184357,"author_id":"Mukesh+Kwatra"},{"text":"Intelligent men do not decide any subject until they have carefully examined both or all sides of it. Fools, cowards, and those too lazy to think, accept blindly, without examination, dogmas and doctrines imposed upon them in childhood by their parents, priests, and teachers, when their minds were immature and they could not reason.","author":"James Hervey Johnson","tags":["both-sides","brainwashing","cowards","critical-examination","doctrines","dogma","examination","fools","immature","indoctrination","intelligence","laziness","rational-thought","reason","teachers","thinking"],"id":184726,"author_id":"James+Hervey+Johnson"},{"text":"I don’t see doctrines, when I talk about religions. All I see are different experiential realities of the one and the same neuronal Kingdom of God.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["brainy","consciousness","consciousness-mind-brain","consciousness","doctrines","dogmatism","god","kingdom-of-god","religion","religious-extremism","scriptures","spirituality","transcendence","wise-sayings","words-of-wisdom"],"id":185146,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"If you can't PRAY for the peace your church, PROMOTE the Christian doctrines, PREPARE for every good work and PROVIDE for the expansion of the Church, you are just like the PEWS (table and chairs) in the chapel.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["cathedral","chairs","chapel","christ","christian","church","doctrines","expansion","food-for-thought","god","good","good-work","hard-work","in-the-chapel","israelmore-ayivor","jesus","jesus-christ","peace","pews","pray","prepare","promote","sunday-school","synagogue","table","tables-and-chairs","temple","work","work-for-god","work-hard"],"id":220982,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"As we grow in the Christian life we face increasing danger of spiritual pride. We know the correct doctrines, the right methods, and the proper do's and don'ts. But we may not see the poverty of our own spiritual character. We may not see our critical and unforgiving spirit, our habit of backbiting, or our tendency to judge others. We may become like the Laodiceans of whom our Lord said, 'You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked' (Revelation 3:17).","author":"Jerry Bridges","tags":["christian-life","doctrines","methods","spiritual-pride"],"id":237431,"author_id":"Jerry+Bridges"},{"text":"When I consider the teachings, doctrines and what happens generally in the body of Christ both here in Europe, America and in Africa, I sometimes feel that I am living in my own reality. Either the whole world is getting it wrong or I am just running crazy.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["africa","america","body","both","christ","consider","crazy","doctrines","feel","generally","happens","i","living","reality","running","sometimes","teachings","when","wrong"],"id":292485,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":17,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}