Anne Lamott Quotes

I actually do propose open-mindedness, but open-mindedness to the Word of God.

Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology.

Plenty of people out there think of me as the Antichrist or the devil incarnate because I do not affirm the literal patterns of the Bible. But the fact is I can no more abandon the literal patterns than I could fly to the moon. I just go beyond them.

An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.

I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover.

The Bible for me is holy writ. It's a very straightforward thing, although I am not a literalist.

I believe with all my heart that the Bible is the infallible word of God.

The usefulness of religion - the fact that it gives life meaning, that it makes people feel good - is not an argument for the truth of any religious doctrine. It's not an argument that it's reasonable to believe that Jesus really was born of a virgin or that the Bible is the perfect word of the creator of the universe.

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same; but the medical practice changes...The world has corrected the Bible. The church never corrects it…

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

I can't change what the word of God says.

Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God.

It (the Bible) has never bowed its head before the discoveries of science.

We live in secular world now, but most of our art and culture is rooted in religion.

I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.

I'm not a practicing Catholic now. I didn't like what the church was doing with what Jesus had said, in a way. But I wouldn't say I'm not religious.

I believed in the Catholic position, the Catholic view of ethics and aesthetics, for a long time. But I wanted something not intellectual, some conviction not mental - in fact I wanted faith.

Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.

Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there.

I love religion and have contemplated going back to school to get a world religion degree.

Boy, if Garth Ennis had created a religion, I would sure like to be a part of that. It just makes sense, the way he tackles things in it. It's really heavy stuff and it's incredibly well written.

Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture.

Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none.

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.

Our religion, then, rests on the credit due to these witnesses.