--- title: "7 Religion Felt Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Religion Felt quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Religion Felt sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/maria-monk-24805_doubt_all-around-me-insisted-that-my-doubts-pr_448081.png" --- > [All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness; that they knew by experience they would soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-monk/all-around-me-insisted-that-my-doubts-proved-only-my-own-ignorance/) [Maria Monk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-monk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/maria-monk-24805_doubt_all-around-me-insisted-that-my-doubts-pr_448081.png) > [“What he realised, and more clearly as time went on, was that money-worship has been elevated into a religion. Perhaps it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/what-he-realised-and-more-clearly-as-time-went-on-was-that-money/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/george-orwell-57_control_what-he-realised-and-more-clearly-as-tim_475671.jpg) > [I was raised in a religion that I never felt embraced me. That wasn't her fault. I had this amazing childhood. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-jordan/i-was-raised-in-a-religion-that-i-never-felt-embraced-me-that-wasn-t/) [Leslie Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-jordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/leslie-jordan-4504_accept-me_i-was-raised-in-a-religion-that-i-never_846109.jpg) > [“There I found my sole comfort: Jesus, my only friend. I could talk only to Him. Talking to other people bored me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-beevers/there-i-found-my-sole-comfort-jesus-my-only-friend-i-could-talk-only/) [John Beevers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-beevers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/john-beevers-27930_friendship_there-i-found-my-sole-comfort-jesus-my-o_1302588.jpg) > [When it came to religion, I felt I belonged to no one. It saddened me, it angered me, it confused me, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-dunn/when-it-came-to-religion-i-felt-i-belonged-to-no-one-it-saddened-me/) [Andy Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-dunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/andy-dunn-5159_baseball_when-it-came-to-religion-i-felt-i-belong_1774480.png) > [I spent summers with my mother's parents in Arkansas, where religion felt very present. My grandmother was Baptist, and my grandfather was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branden-jacobs-jenkins/i-spent-summers-with-my-mother-s-parents-in-arkansas-where-religion/) [Branden Jacobs-Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branden-jacobs-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/branden-jacobs-jenkins-20157_grandmother_i-spent-summers-with-my-mother-s-parents_2144790.jpg) > [Religion felt gross to me so I walked away from everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-ledger/religion-felt-gross-to-me-so-i-walked-away-from-everything/) [Jen Ledger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-ledger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/jen-ledger-16855_away_religion-felt-gross-to-me-so-i-walked-aw_2334843.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-felt/#itemlist", "name": "Religion Felt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness; that they knew by experience they would soon give place to true knowledge, and an advance in religion; and I felt something like indecision.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maria Monk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-monk/all-around-me-insisted-that-my-doubts-proved-only-my-own-ignorance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/maria-monk-24805_doubt_all-around-me-insisted-that-my-doubts-pr_448081.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/maria-monk-24805_doubt_all-around-me-insisted-that-my-doubts-pr_448081.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/maria-monk-24805_doubt_all-around-me-insisted-that-my-doubts-pr_448081.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness; that they knew by…” — Maria Monk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What he realised, and more clearly as time went on, was that money-worship has been elevated into a religion. 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