“One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.” — Arthur C. Clarke 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
“...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
[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
Direct religious experience is threatening to organized religion, which often mediates it with a rabbi or priest. — Rodger Kamenetz 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
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
“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
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
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
I guess I stayed with the faith. I mean, organized religion is not something that I've maintained a direct connection to in… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
“There is a fundamental difference between the financial enterprise and political machinations of an organized religion versus a mass of independent unaffiliated… — Gregory F. Fegel Copy Share Image
I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried… — Jonathan Davis 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
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
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
In the founding era of our country, it was not organized religion but personal faith that brought focus and unified the early… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“Blue believes the harmony to be motivated by self-interest. There is a resurgence of faith these days, a growing belief in organized… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
“The Biblical account of the original sin is the story of man of faith who realizes suddenly that faith can be utilized… — Joseph B. Soloveitchik Copy Share Image
I don't see how one can "believe in organized religion." What does it mean to believe in an organization? One can join… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To keep the middle coming back, you can't say some radically conservative or radically progressive things. That's been the bane of organized… — Richard Rohr 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
“Organized religion: where men write the rules, women follow them, and the children pay the price.” — Brad Deep 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
“Mankind will never know peace until the last politician is strangled to death with the entrails of the last priest.” — J.Adam Snyder Copy Share Image
The strengthening of faith, I think, is the ultimate goal of organized religion altogether. — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
I mostly hate organized religion, which I think is a force for the oppression of women and creates warfare. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe. — Kerry Thornley Copy Share Image
“One of the main functions of organized religion is to protect people against a direct experience of God.” — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
One of the things Jesus did was to step aside from the organized religion of his time because it had become corrupt… — Corita Kent 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 no longer represent any organized religion. I'm not Catholic. I'm not Christian. I'm saying this because I have to be an… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I don't follow any organized religion, but I do believe in the idea of god as a verb - being love and… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
One of the problems with organized religion is that it has always kept women in a second-class position. They have been viewed… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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