Quotes About Religion

Puritans don't laugh—except at the sight of a burning witch.

Religious suffering is at once the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of the heartless world, as it is the soul of soulless condition. It is the opium of the people.

He only said what Christianity has never been able to follow, that within it all are equal and this is to be its witness and challenge to the world outside.

sadly, the book of Job was but a speed bump on the Deuteronomic superhighway. The delusion of divine punishments still prevails inside and outside religion over the clear evidence of human consequences, random accidents, and natural disasters. This does not simply distort theology; it defames the very character of God.

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin,Before polygamy was made a sin.

Without God, there would be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life.

The kind of poetry I write, lyric poetry, I think is really concerned with intimacy, with mystery. That needn't be religious mystery, there are mysteries to do with everyday life.

Being a member of the Church has never placed any roadblocks in my personal and professional life.

I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.

I'm always researching ancient religions, and I was also raised Jehovah's Witness, so that kind of scarred me for life.

My religion is to seek for truth in life and for life in truth, even knowing that I shall not find them while I live.

It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .

I think people can live a religious life and yet believe in things maybe outside the box a little bit.

I gave my life to the Lord at 12. I was baptized at 12.

You can't just read the Koran to understand Muslim life. You have to look at history, at personalities, at economics, and so on.

We're rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life.

Of course, without God, there is no value to life. That leads to immorality, that leads to sexual abuse, and there is no hope.

The Christianity that had come in my life as a child was all this idea that you're never going to see God. It's like hypocrisy, in a way.

It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.

There is no social life outside of Christendom.

Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.

Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.