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title: "23 Church Says Quotes by 21 authors"
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> [Jesus never says to the poor: ‘come find the church’, but he says to those of us in the church: ‘go into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-campolo/jesus-never-says-to-the-poor-come-find-the-church-but-he-says-to/)

[Tony Campolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-campolo/)

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> [In the New Testament church it says they were all amazed - And now in our churches everybody wants to be amused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-ravenhill/in-the-new-testament-church-it-says-they-were-all-amazed-and-now-in/)

[Leonard Ravenhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-ravenhill/)

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> [The Church says: the body is a sin. Science says: the body is a machine. Advertising says: The body is a business.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-galeano/the-church-says-the-body-is-a-sin-science-says-the-body-is-a-machine/)

[Eduardo Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-galeano/)

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> [Religion should be about your relationship with God, not what the church says you can and can't do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-guerrero/religion-should-be-about-your-relationship-with-god-not-what-the/)

[Eddie Guerrero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-guerrero/)

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> [“The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-magellan/the-church-says-the-earth-is-flat-but-i-have-seen-its-shadow-on-the/)

[Ferdinand Magellan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-magellan/)

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> [The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-magellan/the-church-says-that-the-earth-is-flat-but-i-know-that-it-is-round/)

[Ferdinand Magellan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-magellan/)

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> [“There have to be men out there like us: committed to the Gospel, if not the culture of the church, she says.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-hardy/there-have-to-be-men-out-there-like-us-committed-to-the-gospel-if-not/)

[Nicole Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-hardy/)

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> [We, Catholics, share many of the moral guidelines of Mormons, the difference is you guys take it seriously. When the church says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wilmore/we-catholics-share-many-of-the-moral-guidelines-of-mormons-the/)

[Larry Wilmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wilmore/)

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> [“Give me a child until he is seven, thought Tom, and he is forever after mine. When the Fascists say it, they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-metalious/give-me-a-child-until-he-is-seven-thought-tom-and-he-is-forever-after/)

[Grace Metalious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-metalious/)

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> [I just disagree so much with the way the Catholic Church says things like, 'If you're not a good person, you'll die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronnie-james-dio/i-just-disagree-so-much-with-the-way-the-catholic-church-says-things/)

[Ronnie James Dio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronnie-james-dio/)

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> [If a young dog strays up the aisle during church no one says anything, no one does anything, but, none the less,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-smyth/if-a-young-dog-strays-up-the-aisle-during-church-no-one-says-anything/)

[Ethel Smyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-smyth/)

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> [“Am I really going to hell for being gay?” Or, “I have a lot of lesbian thoughts in my head. Does that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-benedict/am-i-really-going-to-hell-for-being-gay-or-i-have-a-lot-of-lesbian/)

[Charles Benedict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-benedict/)

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> [“There are many people in this world who think that it is wrong for two women to be in love, and also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-dax/there-are-many-people-in-this-world-who-think-that-it-is-wrong-for/)

[Rachel Dax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-dax/)

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> [“The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/the-church-says-that-the-earth-is-flat-but-i-know-that-it-is-round-2/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [“Number three: Stay away from the church. In the battle over science vs. religion, science offers credible evidence for all the serious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-mcfarlane/number-three-stay-away-from-the-church-in-the-battle-over-science-vs/)

[Seth Mcfarlane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-mcfarlane/)

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> [Now, where a man in this church says, 'I don't want but one wife, I will live my religion with one,' he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigham-young/now-where-a-man-in-this-church-says-i-don-t-want-but-one-wife-i-will/)

[Brigham Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigham-young/)

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> [“That is the idea -- that we should all be wicked if we did not hold to the Christian religion. It seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/that-is-the-idea-that-we-should-all-be-wicked-if-we-did-not-hold-to/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [“Tony Campolo, back at Eastern College: “Jesus never says to the poor, ‘Come find the church,’ but he says to those of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/tony-campolo-back-at-eastern-college-jesus-never-says-to-the-poor/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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> [If the church says we will not accept you here or that we will expose you if you are stealing the resources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yemi-osinbajo/if-the-church-says-we-will-not-accept-you-here-or-that-we-will-expose/)

[Yemi Osinbajo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yemi-osinbajo/)

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> [“It is not the Word of God because the church says so; but that the Word of God might be spoken, therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-2/it-is-not-the-word-of-god-because-the-church-says-so-but-that-the/)

[R.C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-2/)

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> [“The fact is, it is selfish for a church to not want to grow. A church that says, “We’ve got enough people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/the-fact-is-it-is-selfish-for-a-church-to-not-want-to-grow-a-church/)

[Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/)

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> [If the church says you are not allowed to steal, and we will ostracize you in our midst if you did, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yemi-osinbajo/if-the-church-says-you-are-not-allowed-to-steal-and-we-will-ostracize/)

[Yemi Osinbajo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yemi-osinbajo/)

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> [As children we were bombarded by competing answers. Church says one thing, school another. Now as adults it's no surprise that if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/as-children-we-were-bombarded-by-competing-answers-church-says-one/)

[Robert Lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/)

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                        "text": "If a young dog strays up the aisle during church no one says anything, no one does anything, but, none the less, he soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Even so, as the distance between myself and the hearthrug diminished, did I become aware that something was very wrong indeed.",
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                        "text": "“Am I really going to hell for being gay?” Or, “I have a lot of lesbian thoughts in my head. Does that make me a sinner? Does God still love me?” Or, “Will God still love me if I (a boy) marry a man even though the Church says I can’t?”",
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                        "text": "“There are many people in this world who think that it is wrong for two women to be in love, and also wrong for two men. But even though lots of people disapprove and the Church says it’s a sin, I can’t see why a God of love would say it was wrong for two people to love each other – it just doesn’t make any sense.”",
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                        "text": "“The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church. Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese and Spanish explorer”",
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                        "text": "“Number three: Stay away from the church. In the battle over science vs. religion, science offers credible evidence for all the serious claims it makes. The church says, 'Oh, it’s right here in this book, see? The one written by people who thought the sun was magic?' I for one would like to see some proof that there is a God. And if you say 'a baby’s smile' I’m going to kick you right in the stomach. -Stewie”",
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                        "text": "Now, where a man in this church says, 'I don't want but one wife, I will live my religion with one,' he will perhaps be saved in the Celestial kingdom; but when he gets there he will not find himself in possession of any wife at all. He has had a talent that he has hid up. He will come forward and say, 'Here is that which thou gavest me, I have not wasted it, and here is the one talent,' and he will not enjoy it but it will be taken and given to those who have improved the talents they received, and he will find himself without any wife, and he will remain single forever and ever.",
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                        "text": "“That is the idea -- that we should all be wicked if we did not hold to the Christian religion. It seems to me that the people who have held to it have been for the most part extremely wicked. You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs. In the so-called ages of faith, when men really did believe the Christian religion in all its completeness, there was the Inquisition, with all its tortures; there were millions of unfortunate women burned as witches; and there was every kind of cruelty practiced upon all sorts of people in the name of religion. You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress in humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step toward the diminution of war, every step toward better treatment of the colored races, or every mitigation of slavery, every moral progress that there has been in the world, has been consistently opposed by the organized churches of the world. I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. You may think that I am going too far when I say that that is still so. I do not think that I am. Take one fact. You will bear with me if I mention it. It is not a pleasant fact, but the churches compel one to mention facts that are not pleasant. Supposing that in this world that we live in today an inexperienced girl is married to a syphilitic man; in that case the Catholic Church says, 'This is an indissoluble sacrament. You must endure celibacy or stay together. And if you stay together, you must not use birth control to prevent the birth of syphilitic children.' Nobody whose natural sympathies have not been warped by dogma, or whose moral nature was not absolutely dead to all sense of suffering, could maintain that it is right and proper that that state of things should continue. That is only an example. There are a great many ways in which, at the present moment, the church, by its insistence upon what it chooses to call morality, inflicts upon all sorts of people undeserved and unnecessary suffering. And of course, as we know, it is in its major part an opponent still of progress and improvement in all the ways that diminish suffering in the world, because it has chosen to label as morality a certain narrow set of rules of conduct which have nothing to do with human happiness; and when you say that this or that ought to be done because it would make for human happiness, they think that has nothing to do with the matter at all. 'What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is not to make people happy.”",
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                        "text": "“Tony Campolo, back at Eastern College: “Jesus never says to the poor, ‘Come find the church,’ but he says to those of us in the church, ‘Go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned,’ Jesus in his disguises.”",
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                        "text": "If the church says we will not accept you here or that we will expose you if you are stealing the resources of the country or stealing the resources of a private company or other establishment, where you work, then we would not have the type of problem that we have in this country. If only the church does so - just the church.",
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                        "text": "“The fact is, it is selfish for a church to not want to grow. A church that says, “We’ve got enough people, we’ve got a nice fellowship. Our church is just the right size. We just need to focus on the members we already have.” That church is, in reality, actually saying, “The rest of the world can go to hell. We don’t care.”",
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