Quotes about Religion

Religion is the opium of the poor. I thought marijuana was the opium of the poor.

Tim Keller writes, "When the church as a whole is no longer seen as speaking to questions that transcend politics, and when it is no longer united by a common faith that transcends politics, then the world sees strong evidence that Nietzsche, Freud, and Marx were right, that religion is really just a cover for people wanting to get their way in the world."13

Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.

My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.

What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political party, we are committing the sin of idolatry. We are making Jesus into the image of our political party.

Whenever a Gujarati or Sikh businessman comes to a Republican event, it begins with an appeal to Jesus Christ. While the Democrats are really good at making the outsider feel at home, the Republicans make little or no effort.

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?

The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.

The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.

All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.

I don't dispute Scientology can help people; I think that is a very important fact to keep in mind.

The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine.