Quotes About Religion

As an Indian, you feel easily connected with certain histories in places like Indonesia, where one sees, because of the presence of the Hindu-Buddhist past, Hindus still living there or Muslims performing rituals that are instantly familiar.

As a literature of change driven by technology, science fiction presents religion to a part of the reading public that probably seldom goes to church.

If there is one thing French Muslims want, it is to be rid of the daily pressures imposed on them by Islamic fundamentalists.

Within a life that seems uncomfortably scripted by family and community pressures, hyper-religiosity can provide a way to break with parental expectations and flee from parental control.

Once I saw that we were not the ultimate arbiters of divine truth but flawed human beings, I couldn't pretend otherwise.

I don't think they necessarily do nearly as much haunting as people think. If you believe in the Bible, pretty much part of the deal that goes with it is ghosts.

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.

The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the liberties of the people.

Kinsey thought that Freud in his own way was as dangerous as the Catholic Church.

For all the creationists out there, Darwin's just an atheist. But he was actually agnostic.

I am a daylight atheist.

In fact, my parents were church people; my father was a deacon in the church.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

I think when you're dealing with faith, you want to be as responsible and sensitive to the material as you can.

I'm what you call a deathbed Catholic.

I think the neoatheists have set atheism back a few decades. And I'm a self-described atheist.

I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.

I needed something deeper than the Catholic faith, and Buddha helps me control myself.

If you can define what God is, I can tell you whether I believe in it.

My faith is what defines me as a person, that is who I am.

I have my own definition of God, but I believe God is whatever you want Him to be.

My father initiated me to the Hanuman Chalisa and my mother to the rituals and community feelings of Durga Puja. I still have that in me and want to come back to Delhi whenever I can to imbibe more.

In finding God and delivering his message I get more joy now than I ever did when I was boxing.

No convention on God's foot-stool can, or has a right to, run me and make anything but a Democrat out of me.