Dar Williams Quotes

We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You've probably heard the expression 'I believe in God, just not organized religion'. I don't think people would say that if the church truly lived like we are called to live.

I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church.

I did not grow up in the church. I'm not a church-goer now. I'm a very spiritual person.

But I don't necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday.

If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's great, too.

I went to church as a boy, and then I quite quickly stepped away from religion. But I remained fascinated by the need people have for religion.

I have a very strong connection with God, very strong sense of my faith.

I believe in God. I am not ritualistic but I do pray every day.

I'm very interested in religion and different religions, and I know quite a lot about it. I love gospel music, and I love going to churches, but the one drawback is that I don't actually believe in God. And it is quite a handicap, you know.

Things are getting much better, but I always wondered when I went to church on Sundays. I've always been one to... I'm not just a boxer.

My friends, it is one thing to go to church or chapel; it is quite another thing to go to God.

I don't think I've ever prayed in my entire life, never sat and had an imaginary chat with God.

I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.

My mother started taking us to church when I was in seventh or eight grade. That was always a question, Do you believe in God?

On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted.

I don’t understand how people can believe in God, even when I myself think of him everyday.

You may be frustrated with religion, but don't take that out on God.

Just like I believe God is everywhere, I believe that whether it's nature, whether it's sitting on a bike in spin class, that can be church, too, for me.

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.

I speak to God every day.

Prayer is the most concrete way to make our home in God.

I listen and talk to God daily.

I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

I guess any time you believe in God you've got to be considered a spiritual person. That would make me a spiritual person. But I don't really know what that means.