Paul Bettany Quotes

I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith.

I believed in God my whole life, and then strayed away from it in my teen-age years, until recently.

I wasn't a cradle Catholic, but a convert.

Catholic, which I was until I reached the age of reason

If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.

I broke with my religion in college.

Plenty of people are raised Catholic and then aren't Catholic anymore, like any religion.

I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it.

You know, for a long time I became almost atheist. I believed in nothing. And it was tough for me to believe in anything at all because I had believed so strongly. And I divorced myself of spirituality, I think.

I would really like to hear somebody who is really articulate about the elements of their faith conversion. I'm not.

The fact that I didn't believe in God was something that I just didn't consider. And then when I did, it was like, 'Oh yeah, I'm out.'

A large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it.

I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian.

I've been interested in Eastern religions since I went to college because I was trying to figure out where I stood with Catholicism.

I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian.

I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the sex abuse scandal.

The more I read my Bible the more I veered away from the Jehovah's Witnesses.

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.

I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Christian because of you and I hear you're not a Christian, that's shocking to me.' I don't take these things lightly, but that's who I am. I can't change it.

When I started law school in 2010, I would have called myself an atheist. When I graduated law school in 2013, I was exploring my faith again. A lot changed in those three years.

I thought everybody would embrace and understand my reasons for becoming Muslim.

I grew up an Orthodox Jew, and now I'm not an Orthodox Jew. So I have sympathy for people who lose their faith.

Most people spend their life trying to get away from Catholicism. Amazingly, I chose it.

You know. I don't think I'm gonna be Jewish for very long.

Losing my faith was the most spiritual thing that ever happened to me.