Religion Quotes

...Jesus Christ might simply have returned to his carpentry following the use of modern psychiatric treatments.

I'm not going to have a tombstone. I'm going to be tossed in the air. Ashes, tossed like a salad.

I hold that any religion that satisfies the individual urge is valid for that person.

What good is all this free-thinking, modernity, and turncoat flexibility if at some gut level you are still a Christian, a Catholic, and even a priest!

One hand has surely worked throughout the universe.

Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-

Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.

Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?

Here's an easy way to figure out if you're in a cult: If you're wondering whether you're in a cult, the answer is yes.

There is only one religion - it is a way a man dies.

As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.

Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason there of until all of the events transpire.

At the end of time when God judges us humans, I just hope He remembers to judge Himself as well.

One day I realized, without God, nothing matters. So, I asked Him into my heart.

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider, bigger explanations for things.

Nothing in the world delights a truly religious people so much as consigning them to eternal damnation.

I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves.

Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look at what an Islamic Republic is like.

The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back.

I don't think it's possible to c-call yourself a C-Christian and... and j-just leave out the awkward bits.' -Wilfred Owen

A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end up fat and foul in the cages of conformity.

I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.

All Christian language about the future is a set of signposts pointing into a mist.

First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores.

In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.

A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer.

You turn the light on, you get all kinds of bugs.

Spirituality can go hand-in-hand with ruthless single-mindedness when the individual is convinced his cause is just

At the heart of my argument is the view that religious faith, far from being inevitably on the side of the status quo, should on principle hold this world to higher standards.

Religions are often state-protected nurseries of pseudoscience, although there's no reason why religions have to play that role. In a way, it's an artefact from times long gone.

Earth is a homicide victim. We lose our children. There are wars. Disease. And God comes strolling by like a cosmic Billie Burke.

There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.

When something good happens it's a miracle and you should wonder what God is saving up for you later.

All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it.

The vast majority of people are unthinking prejudice machines.

If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.

Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts from both.

The whole [of religion] is a riddle, an ænigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspence of judgment appear the onlyresult of our most accurate scrutiny, concerning this subject.

Science deals in evidence and uncertainty. Religion deals in certainty without evidence.

Religion: A lot of fanciful ideas inspired by wishful thinking. Science: A lot of logical ideas based on the best evidence available. Which should we have faith in?

Leftism has influenced the literary, academic, media, and, therefore, the political elite far more than any other religion. It has taken over Western schools from elementary through graduate.

Leftism seeks to undo most of the values that are distinct to Judeo-Christian religion.

Given the religious nature and the emotional power of Leftist values, Jews and Christians on the Left often derive their values from the Left more than from their religion.

There is no religion in fact that I know that encourages or propagates violence in that its adherents should carry out.

Islam has some of the best defenses against other god viruses and has the potential to be more parasitically aggressive when consolidating political power with a society.

Jesus must have been married to have been called a rabbi.

There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin.