Birth Quote by Bernard Katz

“Are you kidding I was raised Catholic, my mom just came back from a Saint Francis Pilgrimage in Italy and bought a huge statue…

— Laurie Notaro

Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile…

— William Robertson Smith

It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.

— Anonymous

It is hard for many people today to make the distinction between religion and religiosity, the latter a dangerous parody of the former.

— Abigail McCarthy

When I read of the vain discussions of the present day about the Virgin Birth and other old dogmas which belong to the past,…

— Olympia Brown

For often at Church I've seen the stained high glass Pour out the Virgin and Saints, twist and untwist The mortal youth of Christ…

— Allen Tate

“But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them…

— John Adams

Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion

— Mahatma Gandhi

Religion is simply art bastardized out of all recognition.

— Lawrence Durrell

The Immaculate alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan. She seeks souls that will consecrate themselves entirely to her, that will…

— Maximilian Kolbe

Once God and grace move us to the second half of life, religion becomes a mystical matter, rather than a moral matter.

— Richard Rohr

Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel