Against Quote by Sufjan Stevens

My family was progressive yet traditional in their beliefs. There was pressure on me to perform well academically. I topped my university. But I…

— Tisca Chopra

I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt earlier with…

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

For me, the beginning of sharing my faith with people began by throwing out Christianity and embracing Christian spirituality, a nonpolitical mysterious system that…

— Donald Miller

You know, around 14 or 15 I rebelled against Christianity pretty hardcore. I was reading a lot of other esoteric Eastern philosophy and getting…

— Weyes Blood

I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it…

— Bruce Catton

I was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism.

— Nic Pizzolatto

Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still go with…

— James Nesbitt

I realized that conventional views of Christian faith that I'd heard when I was growing up were simply made up - and I realized…

— Elaine Pagels

My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell…

— Geraldine Brooks

I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion.

— Yvonne Orji

I always believed in God and Christ, but I was in rebellion - trying to make my relationship with God fit into my life…

— Scott Stapp

Growing up, my religious identity was primarily one of confusion. Nothing was pushed on me; nothing was overtly offered.

— Andy Dunn