--- title: "12 Religion Supposed Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Religion Supposed quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Religion Supposed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/charles-barkley-1266_idea_my-idea-of-religion-is-we-are-supposed-t_2327416.png" --- > [My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-barkley/my-idea-of-religion-is-we-are-supposed-to-bring-people-together-we/) [Charles Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-barkley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/charles-barkley-1266_idea_my-idea-of-religion-is-we-are-supposed-t_2327416.png) > [In religion, you're supposed to be somehow in touch with something deep and full of mysteries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/in-religion-you-re-supposed-to-be-somehow-in-touch-with-something/) [Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/freeman-dyson-1435_deep_in-religion-you-re-supposed-to-be-someho_2243763.png) > [Religion supposed Heaven and Hell, the word of God, and sacraments, and twenty other circumstances which, taken seriously, are a wonderful check…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/religion-supposed-heaven-and-hell-the-word-of-god-and-sacraments-and/) [Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/jonathan-swift-433_atheism_religion-supposed-heaven-and-hell-the-wo_948370.jpg) > [I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/i-am-not-interested-in-the-afterlife-religion-is-supposed-to-be-about/) [Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/karen-armstrong-1053_afterlife_i-am-not-interested-in-the-afterlife-rel_1943879.jpg) > [“Religion was supposed to be a matter of faith. Gods were not supposed to jump on your desk and snarl at you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/religion-was-supposed-to-be-a-matter-of-faith-gods-were-not-supposed/) [Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/christopher-moore-353_faith_religion-was-supposed-to-be-a-matter-of_1675802.png) > [I'm certainly not interested in religion for religion's sake or for some kind of structure or stabilizing force. Religion is supposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-m-certainly-not-interested-in-religion-for-religion-s-sake-or-for/) [Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/ezra-furman-4439_force_i-m-certainly-not-interested-in-religion_1369136.jpg) > [Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory as a part of the true religion, nor was it supposed that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-robertson-smith/belief-in-a-certain-series-of-myths-was-neither-obligatory-as-a-part/) [William Robertson Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-robertson-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/william-robertson-smith-27443_belief_belief-in-a-certain-series-of-myths-was_1294373.jpg) > [Religion was supposed to be a blanket drawn up to your chin to keep you warm, a promise that when it came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/religion-was-supposed-to-be-a-blanket-drawn-up-to-your-chin-to-keep/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/jodi-picoult-45_blanket_religion-was-supposed-to-be-a-blanket-dr_496271.jpg) > [We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-farmiga/we-re-all-sick-of-holy-wars-and-bloodshed-because-religion-is/) [Vera Farmiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-farmiga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/vera-farmiga-3068_antithesis_we-re-all-sick-of-holy-wars-and-bloodshe_1922212.jpg) > [Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grier/oh-there-s-going-to-be-debate-because-you-re-dealing-with-the-bible/) [Pam Grier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/pam-grier-7817_bible_oh-there-s-going-to-be-debate-because-yo_3234995.jpg) > [Religion is supposed to be a positive thing when you look at the true religions around the world, not the fundamentalists. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-joshua/religion-is-supposed-to-be-a-positive-thing-when-you-look-at-the-true/) [Anthony Joshua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-joshua/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9d/anthony-joshua-10353_around-the-world_religion-is-supposed-to-be-a-positive-th_2591534.jpg) > [“Religious creeds are a great obstacle to any full sympathy between the outlook of the scientist and the outlook which religion is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-stanley-eddington/religious-creeds-are-a-great-obstacle-to-any-full-sympathy-between/) [Arthur Stanley Eddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-stanley-eddington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/arthur-stanley-eddington-20703_creeds_religious-creeds-are-a-great-obstacle-to_2116209.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-supposed/#itemlist", "name": "Religion Supposed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. 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You always have to go with what your spirit tells you, not what people advise you. 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The spirit of seeking which animates us refuses to regard any kind of creed as its goal. It would be a shock to come across a university where it was the practice of the students to recite adherence to Newton's laws of motion, to Maxwell's equations and to the electromagnetic theory of light. We should not deplore it the less if our own pet theory happened to be included, or if the list were brought up to date every few years. We should say that the students cannot possibly realise the intention of scientific training if they are taught to look on these results as things to be recited and subscribed to. 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