“I mused about the human phenomenon that went by the title “organized religion.” What, I wondered, was disorganized religion?” — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“The desire to be loved, to feel loved, is behind every diet, pill, surgery, and lie. It is behind each act of… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“The great irony for a man in my position is how little use I have for organized religion. I am essentially a… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
Organized religion a great disappointment. I don't recall Jesus asking for donations or charging a fee when teaching Spirituality. — Wandini Copy Share Image
Organized religion is responsible for the brainwashing of millions of young children too young to know the difference between reality and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents... — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Organized religion is sane and not silly when read as myth and poetry rather than science and law. Religion speaks nonsense when… — Rami M. Shapiro Copy Share Image
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. — Isaac Asimov 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
Organized religion is in substance a mystification, a means of hiding the wickedness of the social system. If the Christian principles of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
In order to have faith, or follow any other organized religion, I'd have to suspend a degree of disbelief. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
“To confuse compulsory schooling with equal educational opportunity is like confusing organized religion with spirituality. One does not necessarily lead to the… — Wendy Priesnitz Copy Share Image
Organized religion is a very bad way of passing on spiritual values because it becomes so corrupted with political and repressive agendas… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“I remember Bob saying, 'Some people who believe in God are good, and some people who believe in God are not good.… — Leslie Berlin Copy Share Image
“While I respect the Judeo-Christian ethic, as well as the eastern philosophies and of course the teachings of Mohammed, I find that… — Hyde Copy Share Image
“The advent of civilization--an overly optimistic word--didn't change things as much as one might think, because no matter how large a city… — Gene Doucette Copy Share Image
the biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself. — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
I have no argument with those who see in organized religion a template or an imperative to live life according to a… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“I am, maybe, the ultimate Protestant, the man at the end of the Protestant road, for as I have read the Gospels… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
