Quotes about Religion

Is Christian faith primarily about being Christian or becoming truly human?

Greenspan calls this "spiritual bypassing"—using religion to dodge the dark emotions instead of letting it lead us to embrace those dark angels as the best, most demanding spiritual teachers we may ever know.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

Most Christians would not recognize Mormonism as part of the Christian faith.

God lives. I know that He lives. I know that Jesus is the Christ and the Redeemer of the world.

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

I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president.

Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? Priest: No, not if you did not know. Eskimo: Then why did you tell me? Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.

Man is the religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion —- several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat, if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven. Mark Twain