--- title: "10 Relationship Religion Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Relationship Religion quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Relationship Religion sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/brad-pitt-1608_catholic_i-grew-up-very-religious-and-i-don-t-hav_3088409.jpg" --- > [I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-pitt/i-grew-up-very-religious-and-i-don-t-have-a-great-relationship-with/) [Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-pitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/brad-pitt-1608_catholic_i-grew-up-very-religious-and-i-don-t-hav_3088409.jpg) > [I suspect I have a relationship with my religion which will seem slightly weird to people who don't understand me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-shapps/i-suspect-i-have-a-relationship-with-my-religion-which-will-seem/) [Grant Shapps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-shapps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/grant-shapps-6145_catholic_i-suspect-i-have-a-relationship-with-my_493029.jpg) > [I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-orji/i-grew-up-catholic-so-i-had-a-more-traditional-relationship-with/) [Yvonne Orji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-orji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/yvonne-orji-6484_catholic_i-grew-up-catholic-so-i-had-a-more-tradi_2724756.jpg) > [I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-have-a-funny-relationship-with-religion-i-m-a-big-believer-in/) [Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/madonna-ciccone-401_anybody_i-have-a-funny-relationship-with-religio_618801.jpg) > [My relationship with religion is very strong because it was my hope, and it gave me two things very important in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/my-relationship-with-religion-is-very-strong-because-it-was-my-hope/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/riccardo-tisci-4785_belief_my-relationship-with-religion-is-very-st_36699.png) > [I gave my heart to Jesus when I was five-years-old and since then it's been a special relationship. To me it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bethany-hamilton/i-gave-my-heart-to-jesus-when-i-was-five-years-old-and-since-then-it/) [Bethany Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bethany-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/bethany-hamilton-8577_five_i-gave-my-heart-to-jesus-when-i-was-five_2149610.jpg) > [The relationship I have to everyday life is very European. We have a different relationship with religion, with faith, with nudity, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-cassel/the-relationship-i-have-to-everyday-life-is-very-european-we-have-a/) [Vincent Cassel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-cassel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f20/vincent-cassel-3917_day-life_the-relationship-i-have-to-everyday-life_2742125.jpg) > [The moment a relationship demands control then it is no longer a relationship. As religion demands control faith doesn't. Jesus is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-limn/the-moment-a-relationship-demands-control-then-it-is-no-longer-a/) [Jeremy Limn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-limn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/jeremy-limn-301_faith_the-moment-a-relationship-demands-contro_516501.jpg) > [“It is a neglected but essential fact that we cannot appreciate the relationship between religion and violence unless we grasp the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-david-eller/it-is-a-neglected-but-essential-fact-that-we-cannot-appreciate-the/) [Jack David Eller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-david-eller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/jack-david-eller-182632_crusades_it-is-a-neglected-but-essential-fact-tha_1941946.jpg) > [“It’s not a religion, it’s a relationship!' Without the religion, without the archaic and flawed holy texts, there wouldn’t be anything for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-g-mcafee/it-s-not-a-religion-it-s-a-relationship-without-the-religion-without/) [David G. McAfee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-g-mcafee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/david-g-mcafee-12205_crusades_it-s-not-a-religion-it-s-a-relationship_525484.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/relationship-religion/#itemlist", "name": "Relationship Religion Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Pitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-pitt/i-grew-up-very-religious-and-i-don-t-have-a-great-relationship-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/brad-pitt-1608_catholic_i-grew-up-very-religious-and-i-don-t-hav_3088409.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/brad-pitt-1608_catholic_i-grew-up-very-religious-and-i-don-t-hav_3088409.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/brad-pitt-1608_catholic_i-grew-up-very-religious-and-i-don-t-hav_3088409.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.” — Brad Pitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I suspect I have a relationship with my religion which will seem slightly weird to people who don't understand me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Grant Shapps" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-shapps/i-suspect-i-have-a-relationship-with-my-religion-which-will-seem/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/grant-shapps-6145_catholic_i-suspect-i-have-a-relationship-with-my_493029.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/grant-shapps-6145_catholic_i-suspect-i-have-a-relationship-with-my_493029.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/grant-shapps-6145_catholic_i-suspect-i-have-a-relationship-with-my_493029.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I suspect I have a relationship with my religion which will seem slightly weird to people who don't…” — Grant Shapps", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yvonne Orji" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-orji/i-grew-up-catholic-so-i-had-a-more-traditional-relationship-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/yvonne-orji-6484_catholic_i-grew-up-catholic-so-i-had-a-more-tradi_2724756.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/yvonne-orji-6484_catholic_i-grew-up-catholic-so-i-had-a-more-tradi_2724756.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/yvonne-orji-6484_catholic_i-grew-up-catholic-so-i-had-a-more-tradi_2724756.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion.” — Yvonne Orji", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have a funny relationship with religion. 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Without the religion, without the archaic and flawed holy texts, there wouldn’t be anything for you to manufacture a 'relationship' with. Without the wars and forced conversions key to the religion’s spread across the globe, it may have died out long ago like so many others have. If that were the case, you wouldn’t know the characters of Jesus or God or Muhammad or any of the tales and myths associated with a particular faith. Religions concern themselves with preserving and worshiping these myths as realities, without regard to substantial evidence to the contrary.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David G. 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