Organized religion Quotes · Page 4

For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain.

— Gene Roddenberry

I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power.

— Andrew Solomon

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.

— Edmond de Goncourt

Nothing has done more to separate and divide human beings one from another than exclusivist organized religion.

— Neale Donald Walsch

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.

— Mary Douglas

Organized religion is good for wars, battles, pissin' and moanin' and not much else.

— Ted Nugent

Organized religion always has been and remains the greatest enemy of women's rights. . . .

— Annie Laurie Gaylor

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

— Richard Dawkins

The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a…

— Thomas Jefferson

If organized religion has become less relevant, it's not because churches have held fast to their creedal beliefs - it's because they've…

— Gary Hamel

“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the…

— James Madison

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

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

“Organized religion was not important to him, he said. It was more important how people behaved in their daily lives than what…

— Diane Chamberlain

I no longer represent any organized religion.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

I don't follow any organized religion, but I do believe in the idea of god as a verb - being love and…

— Sarah McLachlan

In the founding era of our country, it was not organized religion but personal faith that brought focus and unified the early…

— Billy Graham

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

“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

“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

To be fair, much of the Bible is not systematically evil but just plain weird, as you would expect of a chaotically…

— Richard Dawkins

Religion is still useful among the herd - that it helps their orderly conduct as nothing else could. The crude human animal…

— Anonymous

Truth cannot be given to you; especially if you are following an organized religion, then truth will be as far from you…

— Anandmurti Gurumaa

Organized religion has a part in the evolution of personal religion. It is the material upon which personal religion is grafted, but…

— Lily Montagu

“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

“Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor…

— Martin Luther

“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

“Often, when we are in trouble, or doubting, or struggling, we rely on others to carry us to God. Just as often…

— James Martin

“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

If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.

— Kerry Thornley

“One of the main functions of organized religion is to protect people against a direct experience of God.”

— Carl Jung

I mostly hate organized religion, which I think is a force for the oppression of women and creates warfare.

— Erica Jong

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

— Lenny Bruce

“Mankind will never know peace until the last politician is strangled to death with the entrails of the last priest.”

— J.Adam Snyder

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.

— Thomas Jefferson

The strengthening of faith, I think, is the ultimate goal of organized religion altogether.

— Andrew Solomon

[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset.

— John D. MacDonald

Direct religious experience is threatening to organized religion, which often mediates it with a rabbi or priest.

— Rodger Kamenetz

“Organized religion: where men write the rules, women follow them, and the children pay the price.”

— Brad Deep

I see the way I look upon organized religion, I was a victim of that of mythology, and of cruelty, and all…

— Malachy McCourt