Christianity is not about religion. It’s about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It’s about finding joy and finding home.
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn’t.
Religion is a very delicate subject in Lebanon. You have to know how to say things in a very delicate way in order to be accepted.
Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.
Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, ‘Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.’ That’s not valid for people who want to think and reflect.
I know too much about religion to be religious, so to speak, and I am not that stupid, either.
I think regardless of what your religion is or what you believe, you try to treat people in a positive way, and that’s all you can do in life.
I find the whole idea of religion overwhelming and frightening and not for me.
The greatest tragedy in mankind’s entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we’ve really gone very far in developing this country.
My whole life has been movies and religion. That’s it. Nothing else.
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.
Politics are wack – it’s mostly about the characters instead of the issues, like how religion is about religion instead of spirituality.
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.
Surfing is my religion, if I have one.
I want clean water and clean air and conservation… that’s not what extreme environmentalists are all about. For them, it is a religion. They believe in trees and animals, not God.
Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America.
I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That’s a good thing.
It is frustrating that religion in general includes components that treat women as a support system for a man rather than a leader or equal player in the relationship.
Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else’s religion, but he’ll accept his gold.
You won’t see Christians violently attacking people for criticising their religion like you do with Islam, things like the Charlie Hebdo attack.
Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion.
In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
