“Many people make their own God; and he is much what the French may mean when they talk of le bon Dieu,--very indulgent, rather weak, near at hand when we want anything, but far away out of sight when we have a mind to do wrong. Such a God is as much an idol as if he were an image of stone.” PeopleIfsWantMindMayMeanHandsReligionStonesWeakSightIdolsFar Away Book:Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed Source: Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed
“Religion is passionate, reckless, destructive, idol-smashing. It's a martyr burning at the stake. It's a crown of thorns and a cross.” ReligionCrossesPassionateBurningDestructiveStakesIdolsCrownsMartyrRecklessThornsSmashingCrown Of ThornsBurning At The Stake Author:Martha Ostenso
“A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.” Would BeReligionFaithExistenceAtheismProveAtheistIdolsGodlyGod ExistsExistence Of God Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer