Quotes About Religion

God) being the old man invented in order to, and with whom to, hold long conversations.

If every second of our lives recurs an infinite number of times, we are nailed to eternity as Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross

L'uomo sogna un mondo in cui il bene e il male siano nettamente distinguibili, e questo perché, innato e indomabile, esiste in lui il desiderio di giudicare prima di aver capito. Su questo desiderio sono fondate le religioni e le ideologie.

If every second of our lives recurs an infinite number of times, we are nailed to eternity as Jesus was nailed to the cross. It is a terrifying prospect.

Erigena's argument holds the key to a theological justification (in other words, a theodicy) of shit.

não chegava à convicção de que existe um Deus enquanto ser dirigindo os nossos destinos. Fosse como fosse, como podia eu saber disso? E eles, que podiam eles saber? Teriam a certeza de ter a certeza? Estava sentado numa igreja com a estranha e feliz sensação de que a minha não crença e a crença deles eram curiosamente próximas.

He nourished the cult of Sabina more as religion than as love.

I used to admire believers, Tomas continued, I thought they had an odd transcendental way of perceiving things which was closed to me. Like clairvoyants, you might say. But my son's experience proves that faith is actually quite a simple matter. He was down and out, the Catholics took him in, and before he knew it, he had faith. So it was gratitude that decided the issue, most likely. Human decisions are terribly simple.

James J. Strang, innocent target of religious persecution—like all his personae, this one proved to be a mask. Yet it was exactly those masks—those endless layers of ambiguity—that gave the man his charisma

Learning is a good thing, but unless it's tempered by faith and a love of freedom, it can be very dangerous indeed.

I actually go to church. I know it's hard for you to believe. It's only because you know that Jesus on the cross? I love his smooth hairless body.

If you want to turn out an atheist child, unconditional love constantly is a good way to do it.

Ah! what a divine religion might be found out if charity were really made the principle of it instead of faith.

Christianity has ever been the enemy of human love.

I don't care whether you're Baptist, Buddhist, Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, Muslim, or no religion at all. Jesus Christ still loves you. You still matter to God.

To elevate abstract doctrines and dogmas over living, breathing, embodied experiences of God's love and grace, then, is going the wrong direction. It's taking flesh and turning it back into words.

They knew that it was necessary to believe these things and to love God. They knew that there could be no salvation except by faith, and through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ.

There is this church that I go to a lot in New York. I'm not religious but I love lighting candles and stuff. I find it useful.

Love's creed is separate from all religions.

There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds so many violent mutant strains.

What pity that Religion and Love, which heighten our relish for the things of both worlds, should ever run the human heart into enthusiasm, superstition, or uncharitableness!

I don't believe in Jesus or God. But I do believe that fundamentalists in religion or anything else are bad, and that they have more hate than love.

Being in Hollywood and having a love for Christ, is hard.

I guess I'm a Holy Spirit maniac. I'm not a religious maniac. I love religion, but I don't like it.