Quotes About Religion

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things.

There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.

I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one.

The religion of Christianity Is mixed of sweetness and cruelty Reject this Sweetness, for she wears A smoky dress out of hell fires.

As to religion a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in god and hate a saint.

The essence of religion is the knowledge of God which is eternal life. That and nothing less than that is religion. Everything else is on the surface, is superfluous save for the needs of men.

'Tis the temper of the hot and superstitious part of mankind in matters of religion ever to be fond of mysteries, and for that reason to like best what they understand least.

Every Masonic Lodge is a temple of religion; and its teachings are instruction in religion.

Religion teaches us that our lives here on earth are to be used for transformation.

What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a kind of breaking through to glory.

Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man wanted to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion.

Without God there would be no freedom to believe what you want.

It is impossible that God, who is the God of Justice, could have made the distinctions that men observe today in the name of religion.

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

They who in folly or mere greed Enslaved religion, markets, laws, Borrow our language now and bid Us to speak up in freedom's cause.

Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful compost of the garden, if unwatched.

I am proud to be a Sikh and am a true disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, who sacrificed his entire family for the Sikh religion.

Civil officials have no business meddling in private religious affairs.

Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.

Hostility to religion is having an effect. In 1963, the number of Americans who said that they believed the Bible is literally true was 65%. Today, the number has dropped to 32%.

Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition... well, they are still radical ideas.

Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the body.

Everyone just did what their parents did. So that immediately made me skeptical of the whole religion thing, even as a kid. So I never was really into religion as a concept.