American writers Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

“A person is better off for having performed sincere religious acts even when they rest on false premises.”

— John Corvino

And for the sake of humility--a characteristic crucial to sacred questioning we might do well to confess that we're capable at any moment of…

— David Dark

“When people walk in honesty about their fears, shortcomings, and needs—not in thoughtless disobedience but in grace-based freedom and forgiveness—they reveal a deep understanding…

— Matt Chandler

Religious people spend so much time with their confessors because they like to talk about themselves.

— Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

“Sometimes it was difficult to accept the terrible lengths people would go to for their beliefs, particularly when they fooled themselves into thinking they…

— Anna Lee Huber

The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“As it should be, the Lord's day is always an important and blessed day. We spend it peacefully with singing, praying and discussing God's…

— Johann Martin Boltzius

“Regrettably, many Christians support the church’s shame-based culture of manipulation, embarrassment, and disgrace to get what they want, which is to gain followers, power,…

— Scott S. Haraburda

“Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing…

— C.S. Lewis

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if…

— William James

“When hiding ourselves behind religiosity becomes the order of the day, grace is left by the wayside; without being honest about our own sin,…

— Matt Litton

It is a great disgrace to religion, to imagine that it is an enemy to mirth and cheerfulness, and a severe exacter of pensive…

— Walter Scott