Quotes About Religion

Not to be harsh, but why do we care so much about celebrity acceptance of Christian beliefs?

I hated being in a convent. It's another form of power. Manipulation. Because who can say - one God for the whole universe? I think there must be millions of gods! And they're not all of them very nice.

I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.

Fundamentalists have their heads in the sand.

I never heard a Christian sermon preached in a church.

I've never had a mental break-down, where I've grappled with my own sense of religion, but I've definitely had my heart broken and fancied people I probably shouldn't have fancied and all that stuff.

I think that religious culture and the industry of religion pretty much deserves most of the heat that it gets.

I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.

Am I going to go to Heaven or Hell when I die? No. Is there going to be a second coming, and people are going to be stricken down? I find all that exclusionary.

And I think the blessing of heaven is on Bush. It's just the way it is.

If you are going to go to Heaven, I'm going to Heaven. But I don't believe in Heaven.

I'm fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight now is against the Americans.

It is a common assumption that a person's good works will get them into Heaven.

Christ is the only way into Heaven. The world may say otherwise, but what they are really doing is making rules for someone else's house.

Heaven and hell are something that people create to make some people feel guilty and other people like myself laugh.

I used to just want so badly to have afterlife insured and make sure I was going to heaven.

With 'Epicloud,' I wanted something catchy as the flu but with a sentiment that is romantic, positive, and beautiful. Spiritual without religion and set to heavy music.

I didn't go to Hebrew school.

I don't tell my children, 'If you're not good, you're going to hell.' I tell my children that God will be there for them when they struggle. That's the God I believe in.

In the Church of Scotland, Episcopalian, you don't have to believe in Heaven, but you definitely have to believe in Hell.

Culturally Jewish, I was - and am - proud of my heritage, but don't practice religion.

Even though my dad came from a family that was very religious, he was actually the first one who bought and let me play with Barbies. My mom, the first makeup I ever used was hers, and she never once said, 'Oh, you're so gay for doing that.'