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
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. — Isaac Asimov 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
[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
You don't believe in organized religion, yet a major theme in so many of your works seems to be a quest for… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Say what you want about organized religion, but man, they make cool windows.” — Alan Doyle 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
I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive… — Luke Ford Copy Share Image
The meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future. The claim that we would… — Bill Nye 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
We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You've probably heard the expression 'I believe in God, just… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
To me there's no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions. They're all… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Organized religion, wielding power over the community, is antithetical to the process of what modern democracy should define as liberty. The sooner… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
“Unlike the uneducated Christian followers from centuries ago, the typical Christian today has a particularly high level of suspicion of organized religion,… — Scott S. Haraburda 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
“Louis Duprée described this contradiction in his work on Afghanistan: “Islam, in essence, is not a backward, anti-progressive, anti-modern religion, although many… — Jenny Nordberg 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
“Not only do I believe that it is possible to maintain moral standards without the crutch of religion—but I would argue that… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
I don't really have a life philosophy; my thing is just rebelling against pretty much organized religion. That is my main thing,… — Kerry King Copy Share Image
“I am the salt of the earth, and I do not believe in the ninety percent rigmarole that is organized religion. But… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share Image
Our kids are not Jewish, and they're not Catholic. They're not Episcopalian. They're not Buddhist. They're not anything. We do all the… — Rhea Perlman Copy Share Image
I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own… — Julia Child 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 Faith, is unwavering. I believe in God, just not in any organized Religion, for surely, history has shown us, anything Humans… — Eric Nickel Copy Share Image
“Is that what God does? He helps? Tell me, why didn't God help my innocent friend who died for no reason while… — Elliot Alderson 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
“My honors thesis project was my first interactive exhibit, in which two facing chairs were activated by a motion sensor when the… — Wafaa Bilal Copy Share Image
Organized religion became a projection of man and a representation of his evil. — Rev Richard Skaff Copy Share Image
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well. — Richard Rohr 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
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
Organized religion always has been and remains the greatest enemy of women's rights. . . . — Annie Laurie Gaylor Copy Share Image
It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements. — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
Organized religion is good for wars, battles, pissin' and moanin' and not much else. — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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