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title: "14 Popular Religion Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 14 Popular Religion quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Popular Religion sayings and thoughts."
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> [The God of popular religion is not holy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/the-god-of-popular-religion-is-not-holy/)

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

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> [Since the Enlightenment, popular religion has rejected the Enlightenment path and transformed itself into a bastion of resistance against reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-w-wood/since-the-enlightenment-popular-religion-has-rejected-the/)

[Allen W. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-w-wood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/allen-w-wood-2748_buddhism_since-the-enlightenment-popular-religion_1513471.jpg)

> [Popular religion is a coping mechanism for the anxieties of a dysfunctional social and economic environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-s-paul/popular-religion-is-a-coping-mechanism-for-the-anxieties-of-a/)

[Gregory S. Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-s-paul/)

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> [In our English popular religion the common conception of a future state of bliss is that of ... a kind of perfected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/in-our-english-popular-religion-the-common-conception-of-a-future/)

[Matthew Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-arnold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/matthew-arnold-1235_bliss_in-our-english-popular-religion-the-comm_226900.jpg)

> [Until we believe that we are as bad as God says we are, we can never believe that He will do for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/until-we-believe-that-we-are-as-bad-as-god-says-we-are-we-can-never/)

[Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/)

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> [“the ministries of the Church are regarded by the masses merely as dignities, her offices as posts of emolument—in short, popular religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/the-ministries-of-the-church-are-regarded-by-the-masses-merely-as/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [Popular religion since the time of Kant and Fichte has gone in a direction they tried to prevent and that has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-w-wood/popular-religion-since-the-time-of-kant-and-fichte-has-gone-in-a/)

[Allen W. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-w-wood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/allen-w-wood-2748_believer_popular-religion-since-the-time-of-kant_1210704.jpg)

> [Whatever helps you sleep is my opinion on the subject, and that's what I like about the western world's most popular religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roseanne-barr/whatever-helps-you-sleep-is-my-opinion-on-the-subject-and-that-s-what/)

[Roseanne Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roseanne-barr/)

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> [Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a revelation given to Joseph…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigham-young/why-do-we-believe-in-and-practice-polygamy-because-the-lord/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/brigham-young-1075_believe_why-do-we-believe-in-and-practice-polyga_605939.jpg)

> [When you can discover where the fresh colors of the faded flower abide, or the music of the broken lyre, seek life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-bysshe-shelley/when-you-can-discover-where-the-fresh-colors-of-the-faded-flower/)

[Percy Bysshe Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-bysshe-shelley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/percy-bysshe-shelley-476_anxious_when-you-can-discover-where-the-fresh-co_1773730.jpg)

> [The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/the-radical-novelty-of-modern-science-lies-precisely-in-the-rejection/)

[Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/richard-adams-4326_astronomy_the-radical-novelty-of-modern-science-li_900085.jpg)

> [I shall venture to affirm, that there never was a popular religion, which represented the state of departed souls in such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/i-shall-venture-to-affirm-that-there-never-was-a-popular-religion/)

[David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/david-hume-538_afterlife_i-shall-venture-to-affirm-that-there-nev_339263.jpg)

> [“Nay, if we should suppose, what never happens, that a popular religion were found, in which it was expressly declared, that nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/nay-if-we-should-suppose-what-never-happens-that-a-popular-religion/)

[David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/david-hume-538_art_nay-if-we-should-suppose-what-never-happ_1413788.jpg)

> [“I admit at the beginning that 'popular religion,' 'demotic religion,' the pieties of the common folk, tends to sink to the lowest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markham-shaw-pyle/i-admit-at-the-beginning-that-popular-religion-demotic-religion-the/)

[Markham Shaw Pyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markham-shaw-pyle/)

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                        "text": "I shall venture to affirm, that there never was a popular religion, which represented the state of departed souls in such a light,as would render it eligible for human kind, that there should be such a state. These fine models of religion are the mere product of philosophy. For as death lies between the eye and the prospect of futurity, that event is so shocking to nature, that it must throw a gloom on all the regions which lie beyond it; and suggest to the generality of mankind the idea of Cerberus and Furies; devils, and torrents of fire and brimstone.",
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