Religion Quotes

"The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob not the God of the philosophers" "You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him bananas after death in monkey heaven" "God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus " "We essentially view religion as a very literal pursuit in the West; other countries view it as more poetic and metaphysical." "Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right" "God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture." "There is something very odd about the respect accorded to religion." "Theology is ignorance with wings." "Faith is what credulity becomes when it finally achieves escape velocity from the constraints of terrestrial discourse." "Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing." "Of all the bad men, religious bad men are the worst." "God is a witness that cannot be sworn." "Do not be afraid to bring Christ into every area of your life." "We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity." "Most of us live in neighborhoods that are segregated by race and income. Our politics reflect those boundaries. People who are educated don’t talk to people who are not. People who are religious don’t talk to people who are not. If we’re spending most of our time with people who look like us, think like us, talk like us, love like us - and learn like us - then we should consider that a problem and do something about it." "Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power." "The point of your life is to point to Him." "It’s easy to become disillusioned with church and religion. People get hurt and disappointed preachers sin and overlook hurting people and sound theology sometimes cowers to fears and selfish ambition. But at the core if you love Jesus you will love people." "It's not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism that in our day and in this land is likely to quench the light of the Gospel. It is a proud sensuous selfish luxurious church-going hollow-hearted prosperity." "Theology is simply ignorance with wings."