Quotes About Belief

Since belief is measured by action, he who forbids us to believe religion to be true, necessarily also forbids us to act as we should if we did believe it to be true.

What I want is, not to possess religion, but to have a religion that shall possess me.

I'm an atheist .I was raised in British reform Judaism, which is not like American reform Judaism, much less any other strain of organised religion. So: no cults here.

Disregarding the value of religion and believing in egalitarianism are two misconceptions that cause America much trouble today.

Religion Has made an honest woman of the supernatural, And we won't have it kicking over the traces again.

Judaism is not just one more religion, but in its way the root of religious evil

[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.

Religion is the highest vanity.

My fear is greater than my faith, but I walk the missionary way.

It's not that I'm anti-religion. I'm anti any religion that doesn't practice the core, which is love.

Religion is a set of social and political institutions and spirituality is a private pursuit which may or may not take place in a church setting.

I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion.

I even agree that the concept of god helps some people lead better lives. That does happen. Don't ever forget it. I just think there are better ways to help people lead better lives.

The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of morals, and a book of religion, of especial revelation from God.

Any religion has to have a practice. When you let it go so far from practice that it just becomes a matter of talk something bad happens.

Me and Jesus got our own thing going on. We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about.

The religion itself may have some great ideas, but I can't take it seriously if it's blatantly exclusionary.

Are We Going to die in our religion or are we going to die in our devotion?

Trying to defend religion by invoking science is like claiming that three plus four equals ice cream.

There are millions of young children being educated to a very narrow-minded view of religion. And it's out of that education of large numbers of young people that you then get this extremism.

The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.

I don't know any religion that promotes violence. It is the adherents of whatever religion.

People will use their religion to justify virtually anything.

the biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself.