Religion Quote by Anonymous

God does not punish directly. His ways are inscrutable.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience.

— August Strindberg

God does not punish us for our sins but by them.

— Ruth Graham

So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they don't want to hear any…

— Pat Boone

No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance.

— Hugo Black

If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they…

— John Bunyan

I don't think ultimately God punishes. I think we bring about our own destruction or our own creation.

— Madonna Ciccone

Believe me, religions are on the wrong track the moment they moralize and fulminate commandments. God is not needed to create guilt or to…

— Albert Camus

If God really wanted to punish, he'd answer all our prayers.

— Oscar Wilde

Religion makes kind people say unkind things: "I must prove my faith, so mutilate the genitals of my children." They wouldn't do that if…

— Christopher Hitchens

I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that…

— Barney Frank

People sometimes punish to exact judgment for past actions. God disciplines in order to teach and always in the interest of those whom he…

— Max Anders