Afraid Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

Religion is a byproduct of fear,

— Arthur C. Clarke

We fear extremes and shy away from too much ardor in religion as if it were possible to have too much love or too…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

“We are afraid of religion because it interprets rather than observance. Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the world; it…

— Dorothee Sölle

Many who are committed to reason and science have turned against religion altogether and treat it with fear and contempt.

— Allen W. Wood

Where there is fear there is no religion.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“We are not God- loving people; we are God-fearing people; As long as fear exists, religion and rituals will prevail.”

— Gian Kumar

The onset of one religion can be resisted only by another.

— C. Northcote Parkinson

Religion can only change when the emotions which fill it are changed; and the religion of personal fear remains nearly at the level of…

— George Eliot

“Religion comforts us for the defeat of our will to power. It adds new worlds to ours, and thus brings us hope of new…

— Emil Cioran

I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels he has succeeded, he cannot abide anyone else's claim…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

“Real religion,” said Macmurray, has a different maxim: “Fear not; the things you are afraid of are quite likely to happen to you, but…

— James Martin