Religion Quotes by Brad Warner

10 Religion quotes by Brad Warner

Brad Warner brings his characteristic humor to the subject of religion in ten punchy lines. The brevity of the selection makes it easy to dip in and out, catching his sharp take on belief.

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Faith keeps you going, but doubt keeps you from going off the deep end.

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If he'd [Jesus] been a little more concerned for his own safety and well being he may have toned things down a…

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But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the…

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“Much of the contemporary American atheistic movement seems to be treating atheism like a new kind of religion. … It's just that…

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The obvious example would be Jesus. Jesus is an object of fascination for me. He's an interesting historical character because we don't…

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Jesus was probably a guy who thought, "This thing that I've discovered can save the world and everybody is miserable without it."…

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Much of the hatred and fear of sexuality found in religions stems from the idea that sex is a thing of the…

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There's fantasies about what heaven is like and who Satan is and why you shouldn't masturbate or why you should vote Republican.…

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So with science, it's original idea was to ignore the spiritual or nebulous side of reality and to strictly work on concrete…

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Since then, my approach to all things spiritual is rather cynical you could say. When somebody present something to me as spiritual,…

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The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that's easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama.

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So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan is now…

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I was living in Japan at the time, Shoko Asahara was an important figure and you could say his name and people would immediately…

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So that's Godzilla, he's ultimately going to get you regardless of what you do. Maybe the people who made the American Godzilla film were…

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We always imagine that there's got to be somewhere else better than where we are right now; this is the Great Somewhere Else we…

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“Thus a person can be a Buddha one minute and a jackass three minutes later. You don't just become Buddha at the moment of…

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“It’s hard for most of us to admit, but when you start paying attention you’ll notice that you actually enjoy being angry. There’s this…

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I really thought Reagan was going to push the button and blow us all up. It was scary. So when they did the 1998…

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“This world is better than Utopia because - and follow this point carefully - you can never live in Utopia . Utopia is always…

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The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself.

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