Judaism Quote by Thomas Paine

“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave…

— George Washington

“I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church,…

— Thomas Paine

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and…

— Thomas Paine

It is a reality that we have complete control of organised Christianity. Almost anywhere, completely. We 'Jews' must become lawyers so we could control…

— Harold Wallace Rosenthal

Ordinary people - churches, too - have a role to force politicians to respond. Governments are not impressed with theories, but governments are impressed…

— Allan Boesak

EVERY national church or religion has established itself by pretending some special mission from God, communicated to certain individuals. The Jews have their Moses;…

— Thomas Paine

Christian churches and Muslim groups have no more right to have their say than women's institutes or trades unions. The government has actively encouraged…

— A.C. Grayling

churches, like all the rest of our major institutions, are rooted in capitalism. For a church to attack capitalism is to 'bite the hand…

— Georgia Harkness

The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe, which serve to support tyrannical governments, are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it. The religion…

— Noah Webster

What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the…

— Gary Hamel

What are all political and social institutions, but always a religion, which in realizing itself, becomes incarnate in the world?

— Edgar Quinet

Then there is the worst part of Christianity, which is awful: power, corruption, manipulation... But then again, these feature are ever present in any…

— Bruce Kent