“I am not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief is positively harmful. Reviewing the false claims of religion, I do not wish, as some sentimental materialists affect to wish, that they were true. I do not envy believers their faith. I am relieved to think that the whole story is a sinister fairy tale; life would be miserable if what the faithful affirmed was actually the case.” IfsThinkingWholeStoriesWould BeBeliefWishChurchReligiousCasesAtheismInfluenceEffectsClaimsAtheistEnvyBelieverTalesVersionsMiserableFaithfulFairyFairy TaleSentimentalPositivelyReligious BeliefRelievedSinisterUntruth Book:Letters to a Young Contrarian Source: Letters to a Young Contrarian
“I think it is wrong for the federal government to force Christian individuals, businesses, pastors, churches to participate in wedding ceremonies that violate our sincerely held religious beliefs. We have to stand up and fight for religious liberty. That's where this fight is going.” ThinkingGovernmentChristianFightingIndividualBeliefForceChurchReligiousLibertyPastorFederal GovernmentCeremonySincerelyReligious BeliefReligious LibertyWedding Ceremony Author:Bobby Jindal
“Well I wasn't really attacking the religious beliefs [in the song 'The Vatican Rag'], I was attacking the formality of the rituals of the Catholic church; however, people took it wrongly.” PeopleWellsBeliefChurchReligiousCatholicRitualAttackingCatholic ChurchReligious BeliefFormality Author:Tom Lehrer
“Yes, the kingdom of Christianity and the Church has been one of the most destructive forces in history, and there are levels of bastardization of religious beliefs. But the unique thing about Christianity is that it is so amorphous and not reductive to culture or place or anything. It's extremely malleable.” Has BeensCultureBeliefForceChurchReligiousLevelsChristianityUniqueKingdomsDestructiveReligious BeliefUnique Things Author:Sufjan Stevens
“In Bolivia there are Catholic, Evangelical, Methodist, Baptist churches, and so on. In Bolivia there are indigenous religious beliefs like the rite of Pachamama Mother Earth, which shows us that Mother Earth is our life, we are born out of the Earth we live on the Earth and return to the Earth.” ShowsEarthMotherBeliefBornChurchReligiousOur LivesReturnCatholicIndigenousMother EarthBaptistsEvangelicalReligious BeliefRiteMethodistsBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance.” PersonsBeliefChurchReligiousEntertainingChurch And StateDisbeliefSeparation Of Church And StateReligious BeliefSeparation Between Church And StateAttendanceChurch Attendance Author:Hugo Black