Pat Buckley Quotes

We are no longer a nation of one church; we are a nation of many churches.

And, for instance, Baptists, Adventists, Lutherans, Pentecostals - let them exist on line with others.

I hope that by going to visit the pope I have enabled everybody to see that the words Catholic and Protestant, as ordinarily used, are completely out of date. They are almost always used now purely for propaganda purposes. That is why so much trouble is caused by them.

America was founded on Christians not trusting each other, and they sometimes seemed more willing to reach out to the godless than to someone from another sect.

We're nondenominational. I come from Northern Ireland, and we've had religious wars for years. I didn't want to create an illusion that my God is better than your God. So our show is a spiritual show, not a religious show.

While few religious leaders and scholars would doubt the commonalities that exist among the various religious groups, the followers of these religions unfortunately struggle in their effort to peacefully coexist.

No form of Christianity is absolutely and only true.

I believe in full freedom for Christians of all denominations.

I lead a multi-faith life.

I am king of three religions.

The trouble with [President William Howard] Taft is that if he were Pope he would think it necessary to appoint a few Protestant cardinals.

All sects are mixed as are all nations thereby producing religious indifference even of the first generation.

… very dangerous … because its aim is to introduce a mingling of Protestants and Catholics

Every sect is a moral check on its neighbor. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.

A Christian ought to have no part in interfaith movements.

Everyone expects the Jews to be the only real Christians in this world.

King of Two Religions

I am a believer in god, but I have not restricted myself to one religion. I have experienced many religions.

I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people.

Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.

We believe that God is big enough to give every nationality their own religion, as he's given them their own taste in food, in plants, in furniture, and housing. I think that each religion has their basic Christ-ish way to get to the Everlasting God.

My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.

We're not opposed to Catholics having pride in their church, but that doesn't mean that every church that doesn't join them isn't a church.

The notion that Western religions are more rigid than those of Asia is overdrawn. Ours is the most permissive society history has ever known - almost the only thing that is forbidden now is to forbid - and Asian teachers and their progeny play up to this propensity by soft-pedaling Hinduism's, Buddhism's, Sufism's rules.

Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past.