“Say what you want about organized religion, but man, they make cool windows.” — Alan Doyle Copy Share Image
Organized religion became a projection of man and a representation of his evil. — Rev Richard Skaff Copy Share Image
“Dharma is not about believing in God. It’s about making the right choices, doing the right things and leading the right life.” — Anurag Shourie Copy Share Image
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
When you say you don't get religion, you're just saying that you don't get organized religion. — Sally Quinn Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“For wicked people to do evil requires money, and good people superstition. Combining these elements and we get organized religion, but to… — Sean S Kamali Copy Share Image
Some people in the church, like Martin Luther King, Jr., came out against segregation. But if you look at the bulk of… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
Humanity will never be religious unless all organized religions disappear and religion becomes an individual commitment towards existence. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
My father hates organized religion, probably because he hates the God who killed his little girl back in 1968. I find religions… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Organized religion and musicals present tenets to live by that don't entirely make sense but, on the whole, make people who believe… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Organized religion was not important to him, he said. It was more important how people behaved in their daily lives than what… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I believe in a higher power. I wasn't baptized or raised with an organized religion, but it's definitely interesting. Part of my… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Religion is still useful among the herd - that it helps their orderly conduct as nothing else could. The crude human animal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be fair, much of the Bible is not systematically evil but just plain weird, as you would expect of a chaotically… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Truth cannot be given to you; especially if you are following an organized religion, then truth will be as far from you… — Anandmurti Gurumaa Copy Share Image
Organized religion has a part in the evolution of personal religion. It is the material upon which personal religion is grafted, but… — Lily Montagu Copy Share Image
The English monarchy is at best symbolic, whereas the Saudi monarchy is a bloodline, but it's also showing itself as a very… — James Wasserman Copy Share Image
Some of the first human beings in whom the new consciousness emerged fully became the great teachers of humanity, such as Buddha,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“The soul theoretically is the purview of religion. But in today’s society, relatively few people look to religion to truly heal their… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Often, when we are in trouble, or doubting, or struggling, we rely on others to carry us to God. Just as often… — James Martin Copy Share Image
“If human nature does alter it will be because individuals manage to look at themselves in a new way. Here and there… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Using your wealth to purchase other people’s loyalty is a game as old as humanity itself. Rich men use their wealth to… — Gregory F. Fegel Copy Share Image
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents... — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“...people don't think in churches. [ Noyce on what bothers him most about organized religion. ]” — Robert Noyce Copy Share Image
Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake. — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I had always been a reader and a skeptic, so when I was old enough to break away from organized religion, it… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset. — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Organized religion: where men write the rules, women follow them, and the children pay the price.” — Brad Deep Copy Share Image
Direct religious experience is threatening to organized religion, which often mediates it with a rabbi or priest. — Rodger Kamenetz Copy Share Image
I see the way I look upon organized religion, I was a victim of that of mythology, and of cruelty, and all… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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