David Javerbaum Quotes

My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs at others. I have tremendous respect for all faiths and beliefs, but have a deep concern that religion and faith are currently a long way apart from each other.

I'm not really a churchy person, although I do think Jesus was a good bloke.

I like Jesus, I mean, I think he was a good guy.

No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion.

To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed, opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself.

It is necessary not to be Christian to appreciate the beauty and significance of the life of Christ.

The three religions because I wanted to discuss faith, not organized religion, so wanted to relativize organized religion by having Pi practice three. I would have like PI to be a Jew, too, to practice Judaism, but there are two religions that are explicitly incompatible: Christianity and Judaism. Where one begins, the other ends, according to Christians, and where one endures, the other strays, according to Jews.

I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God. And I understand that... we need to be really, really respectful to people who find that ridiculous and... preposterous.

I respect all religions, but I'm not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people. I wasn't brought up in a religious way, but I believe there's something out there that looks after you.

In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree.

Benjamin Disraeli might be an excellent Christian but he is assuredly a detestable pagan.

Religion is very important to me. One of my aims is to try to show that you can have faith and play cricket. There can be a lot of negativity and misunderstanding of Islam.

I have no message of hate. I do not attack any religion. I just preach Jesus.

I'm not afraid to say 'Jesus Christ,' and I'm not afraid to speak of those who worship him. After all, Jesus preached about love.

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve good morality without religion.

I am no friend of present-day Christianity, though its Founder was sublime.

Churches come and go, but there has ever been but one religion. The only religion is conscience in action.

The best response to bad religion is better religion, not secularism.

This is something that I'm sure I'd have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about any religion, including Christianity, is that at some level there is a call to evangelize and prostelytize. There's the belief, certainly in some quarters, that people haven't embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior that they're going to hell.

The best religion the world has ever known is the religion of the Bible. It builds up all that is good.

What is wrong with Christianity is that it refrains from doing all those things that Christ commanded should be done.

Jesus did not give the parables to teach us how to live. He gave them, I believe, to correct our notions about who God is and who God loves.

I know that some will have hard thoughts of me, when they hear their Christ named beside my Buddha, yet I am sure that I am willing they should love their Christ more than my Buddha, for the love is the main thing, and I like him too.

I try hard to be a good Catholic.

Personal faith can be a powerful force for public good.