Bible Quote by Robert Crumb

“All we would need to do would be to read the Bible and accept what it says as what really happened. That, of course,…

— Bart D. Ehrman

Just because I've extricated myself from religion doesn't mean I'm not interested in the scriptures. I look at the Bible as itself. It's a…

— Patti Smith

I've about given up on the fundamentalists, who have become so legalistic and letter-bound to the Bible.

— Anita Bryant

“Whether you are a believer—fundamentalist, evangelical, moderate, liberal—or a nonbeliever, the Bible is the most significant book in the history of our civilization. Coming…

— Bart D. Ehrman

The Bible contains legendary, historical, and ethical contents. It is quite possible to consider them separately, and one doesn't have to accept the legends…

— Isaac Asimov

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

— Isaac Newton

Because of their excessive commitment to a literal Bible, fundamentalist Christians have fallen into the trap of biblioltry.

— Mel White

“When the Bible is understood in its literary and historical context; errors, contradictions, and inconsistencies pose no threat to spirituality, whether that spirituality is…

— Valerie Tarico

Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask,…

— Garrett Hardin

Fundamentalism does mean reading quite conservatively and literally, saying 'the Bible is the word of God and we have to follow it. What it…

— Elaine Pagels

Many Christians understand the Bible to be a collection of stories without an overarching narrative.

— David Kim

It fascinates me to analyze these things and, yes, to see layers in the texts and the building up of Biblical literature. I think…

— Frank Moore Cross