Quotes About Religion

I became a minister of the Eucharist when I was 17. My parents aren't very strict Catholics, but for some reason I decided this is what I want to do, and I have kept it up.

I was brought up a very strict Catholic and I don't practice anymore or anything.

I had to come out to my mother three times over a twelve-year period, but I first came out to her when I was sixteen. It didn't go over so well, because I grew up in the Pentecostal Church. It was a very strict environment. She has since done a lot of work and has really blown my mind. She has learned about my life and has changed her mind.

I grew up in a very strict Pentecostal household.

I have friends who are scientists, strict materialists, who don't think science and religion are compatible, but I just think most of us - unless you're a strict atheist materialist, which there aren't many of - most of us believe in something outside the material world. And if you do believe that, I don't know how you're not obsessed with it.

I'd had a strict religious education.

But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.

A lot of people have a belief system that is strictly based on religious dogma.

I'm not particularly into the formal, political side of faith, although I am spiritual and I do have a faith. But 'Strictly Come Dancing' is my religion.

A true Christian, who is born anew of the Spirit of Christ, is in the simplicity of Christ, and hath no strife or contention with any man about religion.

We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.

St. Paul was making it impossible to be Jewish and Christian at the same time. What is very striking about those early churches and communities is that you could be both. Under Paul, though, you absolutely couldn't.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

I didn't believe in spiritual homelands, and found God as readily in a strip mall as in a mosque.

We've seen the uproars around the world concerning cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammad. Anyone who does not think comic strips are relevant never had a fatwa put on him/her for drawing a picture.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

I'm a strong man of faith.

For me, the other thing is not just a strong sense of spirituality.

I have a very strong connection with God, very strong sense of my faith.

I focused on where she was from of course, her voice and her history, her relationship with God - her religion. This was probably the strongest relationship she has had, really. She never seemed to maintain close relationships with husbands.

There are things that I do agree with in Christianity and things that I don't agree with. I'm not a regular churchgoer, but I do think that I have my own beliefs that I feel strongly about.

I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it.

I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution.