Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Quotes

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.

I think the thing that I find the most difficult to talk about is religion.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway.

I think people can believe in anything.

God save us from religion.

Listen, a lot of religions have fundamentalists.

There is nothing as potentially polarizing as religion.

The moment religion organizes into a specific creed it becomes a political force. From Moses down to Brigham Young, every creed-founder has been a Statebuilder.

Every church is orthodox to itself; to others, erroneous or heretical.

I never agreed with the message of the Catholic Church - and still don't to this day.

If our faith is the most important part of our lives, then our religious views influence every other part of our lives, including our political views.

All religious believers should be licensed to make sure that they are competent to hold opinions and viewpoints and that they don't believe in just any old thing, such as creationism or a flat tax.

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.

I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.

I'm not really into religion.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.

Orthodoxy is my doxy - heterodoxy is another man's doxy.

I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.

I'm fascinated with all kinds of religion, but I'm not committed to any specific one.

In the forefront of science, there is not much difference between religion and science. People harbor beliefs. That's what happens when people believe something religiously.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.

No, I'm not a scientologist.