#religion

"The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever."

"The religionist is a living fossil, embedded in that rock called faith."

"Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion."

"If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness, this was good theology. But if your notion of God made you unkind, belligerent, cruel, of self-righteous, or if it led you to kill in God's name, it was bad theology."

"We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding."

"The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.[Letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803]"

"Yes, the long war on Christianity. I pray that one day we may live in an America where Christians can worship freely! In broad daylight! Openly wearing the symbols of their religion... perhaps around their necks? And maybe -- dare I dream it? -- maybe one day there can be an openly Christian President. Or, perhaps, 43 of them. Consecutively."

"I think religion is a neurological disorder."

"Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the kitchen sink and Jesus."

"I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation."

"Religion doesn't just cloud our minds. It asks us to deliberately deceive ourselves-- to replace reason with its opposite, faith. And when men operate on faith, they can no longer be reasoned with, which makes them more dangerous than any sane man, good or evil."

"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."

"Religion turned some folks belligerent."

"Pray to God, but row towards shore."

"Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose. Any movement of a liberal nature endangers his authority and that of his delegates on earth. One God, one King, one Pope, one master in the factory, one father-leader in the family at home."

"I'm probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic. I don't think anyone really knows. You'll either find out or not when you get there, until then there's no point thinking about it."

"I am thankful to all the souls, I meet in the journey of life."

"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible."

"Still amazes me that people spend more time researching a new vehicle than they do the religion they entrust their souls to."

"We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."