--- title: "9 Support Religion Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Support Religion quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Support Religion sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/heinrich-heine-1170_behalf_the-same-fact-that-boccaccio-offers-in-s_248657.jpg" --- > [The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: "It exists in spite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-heine/the-same-fact-that-boccaccio-offers-in-support-of-religion-might-be/) [Heinrich Heine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-heine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/heinrich-heine-1170_behalf_the-same-fact-that-boccaccio-offers-in-s_248657.jpg) > [If Jehovah cannot support his religion without going into partnership with a State Legislature, I think he ought to give it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/if-jehovah-cannot-support-his-religion-without-going-into-partnership/) [Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/robert-green-ingersoll-361_church_if-jehovah-cannot-support-his-religion-w_183931.png) > [Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/without-the-support-from-religion-remember-we-talked-about-it-no/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/leo-tolstoy-55_able_without-the-support-from-religion-rememb_2835739.png) > [Science should be taught not in order to support religion and not in order to destroy religion. Science should be taught simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-weinberg/science-should-be-taught-not-in-order-to-support-religion-and-not-in/) [Steven Weinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-weinberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/steven-weinberg-3159_atheism_science-should-be-taught-not-in-order-to_1332053.png) > [Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/immorality-no-less-than-morality-has-at-all-times-found-support-in/) [Sigmund Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmund-freud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/sigmund-freud-360_all-time_immorality-no-less-than-morality-has-at_971241.jpg) > [Religious people are not entitled to special rights, even if they are elected leaders or in the majority; they are not allowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-buckner/religious-people-are-not-entitled-to-special-rights-even-if-they-are/) [Ed Buckner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-buckner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/ed-buckner-49588_atheism_religious-people-are-not-entitled-to-spe_133388.jpg) > [It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/it-yet-remains-a-problem-to-be-solved-in-human-affairs-whether-any/) [Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/joseph-story-11919_affair_it-yet-remains-a-problem-to-be-solved-in_1561382.jpg) > [I disagree with a couple of the stances of the Catholic Church. My older brother is gay, and it's important for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-hathaway/i-disagree-with-a-couple-of-the-stances-of-the-catholic-church-my/) [Anne Hathaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-hathaway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/anne-hathaway-1932_brotherhood_i-disagree-with-a-couple-of-the-stances_1721175.jpg) > [“Religion has clearly performed great services for human civilization. It has contributed much towards the taming of the asocial instincts. But not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/religion-has-clearly-performed-great-services-for-human-civilization/) [Sigmund Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmund-freud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/sigmund-freud-360_1928_religion-has-clearly-performed-great-ser_998750.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/support-religion/#itemlist", "name": "Support Religion Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: \"It exists in spite of its ministers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Heinrich Heine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-heine/the-same-fact-that-boccaccio-offers-in-support-of-religion-might-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/heinrich-heine-1170_behalf_the-same-fact-that-boccaccio-offers-in-s_248657.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/heinrich-heine-1170_behalf_the-same-fact-that-boccaccio-offers-in-s_248657.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/heinrich-heine-1170_behalf_the-same-fact-that-boccaccio-offers-in-s_248657.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: \"It…” — Heinrich Heine", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If Jehovah cannot support his religion without going into partnership with a State Legislature, I think he ought to give it up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Green Ingersoll" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/if-jehovah-cannot-support-his-religion-without-going-into-partnership/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/robert-green-ingersoll-361_church_if-jehovah-cannot-support-his-religion-w_183931.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/robert-green-ingersoll-361_church_if-jehovah-cannot-support-his-religion-w_183931.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/robert-green-ingersoll-361_church_if-jehovah-cannot-support-his-religion-w_183931.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If Jehovah cannot support his religion without going into partnership with a State Legislature, I think he…” — Robert Green Ingersoll", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leo Tolstoy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/without-the-support-from-religion-remember-we-talked-about-it-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/leo-tolstoy-55_able_without-the-support-from-religion-rememb_2835739.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/leo-tolstoy-55_able_without-the-support-from-religion-rememb_2835739.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/leo-tolstoy-55_able_without-the-support-from-religion-rememb_2835739.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources…” — Leo Tolstoy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science should be taught not in order to support religion and not in order to destroy religion. 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The future experience of Christendom, and chiefly of the American states, must settle this problem, as yet new in the history of the world, abundant, as it has been, in experiments in the theory of government.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Story" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/it-yet-remains-a-problem-to-be-solved-in-human-affairs-whether-any/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/joseph-story-11919_affair_it-yet-remains-a-problem-to-be-solved-in_1561382.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/joseph-story-11919_affair_it-yet-remains-a-problem-to-be-solved-in_1561382.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/joseph-story-11919_affair_it-yet-remains-a-problem-to-be-solved-in_1561382.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where…” — Joseph Story", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I disagree with a couple of the stances of the Catholic Church. My older brother is gay, and it's important for me to be able to love him completely and freely, and it's important for me to spread beliefs in the world that are not going to limit people in their love. I can't support a religion that doesn't support my brother.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Hathaway" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-hathaway/i-disagree-with-a-couple-of-the-stances-of-the-catholic-church-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/anne-hathaway-1932_brotherhood_i-disagree-with-a-couple-of-the-stances_1721175.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/anne-hathaway-1932_brotherhood_i-disagree-with-a-couple-of-the-stances_1721175.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/anne-hathaway-1932_brotherhood_i-disagree-with-a-couple-of-the-stances_1721175.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I disagree with a couple of the stances of the Catholic Church. 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We see that an appallingly large number of people are dissatisfied with civilization and unhappy in it, and feel it as a yoke which must be shaken off; and that these people either do everything in their power to change that civilization, or else go so far in their hostility to it that they will have nothing to do with civilization or with a restriction of instinct. At this point it will be objected against us that this state of affairs is due to the very fact that religion has lost a part of its influence over human masses precisely because of the deplorable effect of the advances of science. We will note this admission and the reason given for it, and we shall make use of it later for our own purposes; but the objection itself has no force. It is doubtful whether men were in general happier at a time when religious doctrines held unrestricted sway; more moral they certainly were not. They have always known how to externalize the precepts of religion and thus to nullify their intentions. The priests, whose duty it was to ensure obedience to religion, met them half-way in this. God's kindness must lay a restraining hand on His justice. One sinned, and then one made a sacrifice or did penance and then one was free to sin once more. Russian introspectiveness has reached the pitch of concluding that sin is indispensable for the enjoyment of all the blessings of divine grace, so that, at bottom, sin is pleasing to God. It is no secret that the priests could only keep the masses submissive to religion by making such large concessions as these to the instinctual nature of man. Thus it was agreed: God alone is strong and good, man is weak and sinful. In every age immorality has found no less support in religion than morality has. If the achievements of religion in respect to man’s happiness, susceptibility to culture and moral control are no better than this, the question cannot but arise whether we are not overrating its necessity for mankind, and whether we do wisely in basing our cultural demands upon it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sigmund Freud" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/religion-has-clearly-performed-great-services-for-human-civilization/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/sigmund-freud-360_1928_religion-has-clearly-performed-great-ser_998750.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/sigmund-freud-360_1928_religion-has-clearly-performed-great-ser_998750.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/sigmund-freud-360_1928_religion-has-clearly-performed-great-ser_998750.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Religion has clearly performed great services for human civilization. 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