May Quote by Diane Ackerman

My view is that organized religion is a very dangerous tool that's been misused by a lot of people.

— Stephen King

I'm concerned about organized religion getting away with what it gets away with.

— David Cross

Direct religious experience is threatening to organized religion, which often mediates it with a rabbi or priest.

— Rodger Kamenetz

There is only that inevitable danger as long as there is lack of understanding; but the moment the individual understands, there will be no…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Religion is always in danger of growing apart from the people when its leaders forget to reflect carefully on their own behavior and come…

— Senora Roy

For many of the most powerful people in the entertainment business, hostility to organized religion goes so deep and burns so intensely that they…

— Michael Medved

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.

— Georgia Harkness

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.

— Mary Douglas

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.

— Mary Douglas

“One of the main functions of organized religion is to protect people against a direct experience of God.”

— Carl Jung

But the more insidious enemies of religion recognize but deplore religion's remarkable influence in the world order.

— Jacob Neusner

I don't subscribe to organised religion. I've travelled enough to see that adherents of organised religion often attack adherents of other religions.

— William T. Vollmann