" In a lesson plan for St Mary's College, Durham: An Introduction to Philosophy: The Wit and Wisdom of Lisa Simpson, the episode is described in a section on " False Prophets " as applicable for "... studying the more outrageous manifestations of ' religion ' or those simply alert to the teachings of Christ on the subject.

Actress Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson and a Scientologist, submitted testimony to a House education committee, stating the program had " nothing to do with religion.

If You stop this hurricane and save our family, we will be forever grateful and recommend You to all our friends ," was cited by journalist Mark Pinsky as an example of how " Simpson family members are both defined and circumscribed by religion.

In religion, Simpson was a Methodist.

If there was ever a thought in her mind she might devote her life to religion, it was now dispelled.

He worked as a `` clothier '' in London, but was greatly concerned with religion.

The younger men, Vere, and Pembroke, who was also Edward's cousin and whose Lusignan blood gave him the swarthy complexion that caused Edward of Carnarvon's irreverent friend, Piers Gaveston, to nickname him `` Joseph the Jew '', were relatively new to the game of diplomacy, but Pontissara had been on missions to Rome before, and Hotham, a man of great learning, `` jocund in speech, agreeable to meet, of honest religion, and pleasing in the eyes of all '', and an archbishop to boot, was as reliable and experienced as Othon himself.

In the final analysis his contribution to American historiography was founded on almost intuitive insights into religion, economics, and Darwinism, the three factors which conditioned his search for a law of history.

Students of anthropology and comparative religion had long been aware that there was, indeed, a direct connection.

But Adams was one of the first to suggest that this human incompetence was the only motivating factor behind religion.

To Adams that age in which religion exercised power over the entire culture of the race was one of imagination, and it is largely the admiration he so obviously held for such eras that betrays a peculiar religiosity -- a sentiment he would have probably denied.

It spread to most of the audience and was often viewed by visiting whites who snickered behind handkerchief and afterward discussed Negro religion.

Not until the group was satisfied in this area were they willing to venture further to ( 2 ), Specific adjustment areas, such as sex, in-laws, religion, finance, and so on.

`` I want to show respect for my parents' religion '' was the way in which a boy justified his inhabiting a halfway house of Judaism.

The American Constitution was historic at this point in providing that `` Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ''.

The Mahayana that developed in the north was a religion of idolatry and coarse magic, that made the world into a huge magical garden.

In the supernatural atmosphere of cosmic government, only the ruling elite was ever concerned with a kingdom-wide ordering of nature: popular religion aimed at more personal benefits from magical powers.

It was a good thing that she clung to her religion, he thought.

His interest in the formal study of religion waned when he was sixteen and he substituted for it an interest in Asian affairs.

The skiff was headed for the very center of the nebula -- toward that place which, Jack knew now, could hold nothing less important than the very core of the Angel's life and religion.

In classical Greece he was the god of light and of music, but in popular religion he had a strong function to keep away evil.

In classical times, his strong function in popular religion was to keep away evil, and was therefore called " apotropaios " ( αποτρέπω: to divert ) and " alexikakos " ( αλέξω-κακό: defend, throw away the evil ).

Python was the good daemon ( αγαθός δαίμων ) of the temple as it appears in Minoan religion, but she was represented as a dragon, as often happens in Northern European folklore as well as in the East.

The story indicates that Epimenides was probably heir to the shamanic religions of Asia, and proves together with the Homeric hymn, that Crete had a resisting religion up to the historical times.

Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône, Carrel was raised in a devout Catholic family and was educated by Jesuits, though he no longer practiced his religion when he entered the university.

This act came after years of failed attempts at dechristianisation or state-controlled religion, which were thwarted in part due to the resistance of devout counter-revolutionary women.

He seemed to bond closely with Fincher, a devout Christian, and the two prayed together and discussed religion at length.

Bismarck, a devout pietistic Protestant, was alarmed that secularists and socialists were using the Kulturkampf to attack all religion.

to about 700 B. C., among domestic birds, “ the cock was the most sacred ” and within that religion, the devout, “ had a cock to guard him and ward off evil spirits ”.

By contrast, religion is also central to the lives of several X-Men, such as Nightcrawler, a devout Catholic, and Dust, a devout Sunni Muslim who wears an Islamic hijab.

Sherman did not adhere to any organized religion for the latter part of his adult life, although his wife, Ellen Ewing Sherman, was a devout Catholic and their son Thomas became a Catholic priest.

Gordon Childe's relationship with his father was strained, particularly following his mother's death, and they disagreed heavily on the subject of religion and politics, with the Reverend being a devout Christian and a conservative whilst Gordon Childe was an atheist and a socialist.

Mr. Moto ’ s religion is never stated ; but in Thank You, Mr. Moto, when his friend Prince Chung ( played by Phillip Ahn ) has died, it becomes clear Mr. Moto is a devout Buddhist, as he chants expertly before the statue of the Buddha while holding the prince in his arms.

A devout Catholic himself, according to this last note he comforts himself in an atheist world with the thought that profound hatred of religion means that people still believe God exists, otherwise they would not hate him so.

He admired the devout Catholic couple, whom he saw as good and decent people, but religion only once came up as a topic between them.

Although her mother was a devout Catholic, Reitsch and her siblings were brought up in the Protestant religion of their father, an ophthalmologist who wanted her to become a doctor.

He was also a devout Buddhist and became an authority on the sangkha and took his role as protector of the state religion seriously.

He had initially perceived himself as a devout Protestant, but after reading the Bible numerous times, he perceived religion as a necessary pillar to civilization.

The most devout of the natives wanted full access to the religion and believed that some secrets were being held from them.

Every indication is that Doña Isabel, the former Aztec princess Tecuichpotzin, was devout in her new religion.

" The Christians and the Pagans " on Mortal City simultaneously tackles both religion and sexual orientation through a tale of a lesbian / pagan couple that chooses to spend solstice with the devout Christian uncle of one of the women, thus creating a situation where people who would oppose each other on almost every political and cultural front try to get by on pure politeness.

For example for an atheistic therapist to tell a devout client that religion is myth would not be useful, especially in the early stages of the relationship.

In the early 1970s, Bergman became fascinated with Christianity ; she spent a number of years bouncing from one Christian religion to another, eventually settling on Catholicism, which she converted to, although she was never devout.

More recently, this distinction has been encapsulated in the terms " intrinsic religion ", referring to a genuine, heartfelt devout faith, and " extrinsic religion ", referring to a more utilitarian use of religion as a means to an end, such as church attendance to gain social status.

* Jones referred to Catholicism as " the religion of the anti-Christ and a Satanic system " and called Mormonism and Catholicism " cults which call themselves Christian ," but in October 2007, he endorsed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a devout Mormon, for the Republican nomination for President.

Catholicism was then the state religion of France and the religion of the vast majority of the French public, especially in the devout town of Abbeville, where this act caused widespread shock and anger.