John McLaughlin Quotes

It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

I don't subscribe to organised religion. I've travelled enough to see that adherents of organised religion often attack adherents of other religions.

I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.

A religion, even if it calls itself a religion of love, must be hard and unloving to those who do not belong to it

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars

Religion is a very sensitive subject and reason for wars all over the world.

All religions develop, become exclusive, become divisive and quarrelsome.

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed.

You're always going to have extremists in every religion.

Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.

Believe no one unless he follows your religion

Religion is violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women, and coercive toward children.

We are a trading corporation, not a body of sectarian propagandists, and therefore discourage any intolerance.

You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense, I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist.

I personally am not religious. I think, put into the wrong hands, it's incredibly dangerous. It's the reason for most of the wars that have been fought around the world, and it's pretty ridiculous when you think about what they're actually arguing over.

I've been atheist since I became aware of the term, but my material is not all about religion - not by a long shot - and when I do address the topic, it is to point out where religiosity meets discrimination.

For my own part,' said Captain Aubrey, 'I have no notion of disliking a man for his beliefs, above all if he was born with them. I find I can get along very well with Jews or even...' The P of Papists was already formed, and the word was obliged to come out as Pindoos.

Indeed, intolerance is essential only to monotheism; an only God is by nature a jealous God who will not allow another to live. On the other hand, polytheistic gods are naturally tolerant, they live and let live.

The opposite of faith is not doubt: It is certainty. It is madness. You can tell you have created God in your own image when it turns out that he or she hates all the same people you do.

I try to attack all races and creeds, except the Irish. Clearly they are closest to the angels and don't deserve abuse. But the others have it coming.

People don't talk about religion a lot in Hollywood because it's not an incredibly safe place to do it.

I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

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.