John C. Danforth Quotes

God save us from religion.

I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.

I'm against organised religion of any kind.

Religion has been terribly tarnished in the course of time, its pristine purity has long since vanished under the regime of creed, and it is no longer Catholic, that is to say, Universal.

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.

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

I'm fascinated with all kinds of religion, but I'm not committed to any specific one.

You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway.

No, I'm not a scientologist.

I'm not really a fan of organized religion.

My first dissatisfaction has always been with religion.

I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world.

One person's religion is another person's cult.

I just think religion is something... It could be a beautiful thing for the individual, but when it becomes organized, that's when religion starts taking a kind of ugly turn to me.

Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.

The Church should not be confused with religion.

You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very interested in what religion does to us - its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

I'm very interested in religion as something to study, but I'm not a religious person in the slightest.

Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling.

I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.

I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory.