Quotes About Religion

I don't ridicule religion, it ridicules itself.

Jesus is great -- is there a better role model? No. It's religion, it's the people who get in between -- the bureaucracy, you know. ... It's the way people abuse Jesus. Was there ever a greater victim of name dropping?

I'm not a Christian, but I have read his book.

Of course, we in the West like to pat ourselves on the back and say we're more tolerant, and we are--but tolerance is not the same thing as acceptance. It just means, We think you're crazy and going to hell, but we won't kill you for it--we'll tolerate you. But you don't know who the Man in the Sky is, and we do.

Of course, when you shut off your brain from rational analysis, any book is dangerous. Taking literally ancient parables from thousands of years ago is much more dangerous than playing with a loaded gun. Ancient scrawls, written by different authors in different centuries with different agendas--yeah, let's get mad literal about that . The literalness problem is compounded in religion by the circular logic of not being allowed to question anything, or else you're lacking faith.

Rational people, anti-religionists, must end their timidity and come out of the closet and assert themselves. And those who consider themselves only moderately religious really need to look in the mirror and realize that the solace and comfort that religion brings you actually comes at a terrible price

Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do

When I hear from people that religion doesn't hurt anything, I say, really? Well besides wars, the Crusades, the Inquisitions, 9-11, ethnic cleansing, the suppression of women, the suppression of homosexuals, fatwas, honor killings, suicide bombings, arranged marriages to minors, human sacrifice, burning witches, and systematic sex with children, I have a few little quibbles. And I forgot blowing up girl schools in Afghanistan

I don't like the word atheist because to me it mirrors the certainty of religion. I preach the gospel of I don't know.

How in the world could there be any science in scripture. There cannot be because the two historical periods are separated by so much. (Modern science began in 2000 AD and the scriptures were written BC, well before that). The scriptures are NOT teaching science. It's very hard for me to accept not just a literal interpretation of scripture but a fundamentalist approach to religious belief. It's kind of a play, It presents itself as science.

The irony of religion is that because of its power to divert man, to distruct courses the world actually could come to an end.

If you believe that the world is coming to an end, perhaps any day now, does it not drain ones motivation to improve life on earth while we're here? The fact is religion must die for humans to live.

Because art does for me what religion does-- it organizes a seemingly chaotic world. Because it is my way of making sense of the world and its changes.

Calvin:It says here that 'religion is the opiate of the masses.'...what do you suppose that means? Television: ...it means that Karl Marx hadn't seen anything yet

It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.

While Calvin is in the classroom TEACHER: Yes, Calvin? CALVIN: Miss Wormwood, I'm a fierce advocate of the separation of church and state. CALVIN: Nevertheless, I feel the need for spiritual guidance and comfort as I face the day's struggles. CALVIN: So I was wondering if I could strip down, smear myself withg paste, and set fire to this little effigy of you in a non-denominational sort of way. CALVIN (After being sent to the Principal's office): Boy, what a touchy subject!

Yep, Christmas is around the corner. And what better way to celebrate a religious holiday than with a month of frenzied consumerism.

Sunday school...Bible study...prayer meetings. Now that's just too much church. Ain't nobody so full a sin they need that much church.

No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth

We make an idol of truth itself, for truth apart from charity is not God, but his image and an idol that we must not love or worship.

Jesus is a God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

Jesus Christ and St Paul possess the order of charity, not of the mind, for they wished to humble, not to teach.

Make religion attractive, make good men wish it were true, and then show that it is. Worthy of reverence because it really understands human nature. Attractive because it promises true good.

The only religion which is against nature, against common sense and against our pleasures is the only one which has always existed.