Uma Thurman Quotes

The faith I was born into formed me. I come from a missionary family - I grew up in China - and in my case, my religious upbringing was positive. Of course, not everyone has this experience. I know many of my students are what I have come to think of as wounded Christians or wounded Jews.

My dad's Jewish and my mum is Christian, so I grew up with no religion. Just whatever religion I wanted.

My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger.

I was raised Unitarian, and my mother said she took us to church so that we wouldn't get religious later in life.

It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.

I studied the Bible seriously until I was young teenager. It was always part of our home education: talking about the Bible, arguing about the Bible, interpreting it. So I don't connect prayer or scriptures with any particular religion so it's not a contradiction in my life.

I was in church a little bit as a very young kid, but, as they say in the South, 'it didnt take.' None of it took with me.

I'm part Jewish and part Christian, but I'm mostly Jewish.

My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything.

I was one of two Jewish kids in my school. We were probably one of two Jewish families in our town.

My parents are pretty religious, devout, but did they force it on me? No, I don't think so. I still think of myself as a Lutheran, just one who doesn't go to church.

My father is an atheist. My mother is Buddhist. They encouraged my siblings and me to take the best part of other religions to make our own belief system.

Some religious practitioners make absolutist claims for their beliefs: I've no interest in doing this, nor do I have any interest in converting people, which is doubtless a relief to anyone who has feared finding me on their doorstep asking if they'd like to know more about Odin.

I believe in Buddhism. Not every aspect, but most of it. So I take bits and pieces.

To the millions of non-Christians who live in this country, “our” culture is not their culture and they have not assimilated Christmas carols. Most people take their religion far too seriously to look upon religious songs as forms of art only. The day “Silent Night” is sung in Buddhist Temples and Jewish Synagogues throughout the United States is the day that “Silent Night” will have been assimilated into “our” culture.”

The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.

I grew up Catholic. My mother is from El Salvador, so my family on her side is Roman Catholic. My father is Protestant, and while he was spiritual, he wasn't much of a churchgoing person. I think it's fairly common for families to be brought up in the mother's religion.

We are a mixed marriage, so our kids were raised with a little less Judaism than I was raised with.

We know that if religion is allowed into schools, pupils will sometimes begin to question the teaching they receive.

There's this idea that when you say you're Muslim, that you're either all in or you're trying to escape it. I love the idea of gradations and levels, just like everybody else has.

I don't have a preferred religion - I'd have to do research. I was born a Christian, but as I've grown into my own man, I don't attach myself to a religion - 100 per cent, I have faith. Then it's locking into what suits me.

My father and mother are Muslims. But from the moment I started talking, I decided I was a Christian. They let me.

I don't force anything onto other people, because you'll never get a good satanist out of forcing somebody to be one.

I grew up in a deeply Catholic home. Our parents always encouraged us to march to our own drums, though, so some of us are still Catholic and some are not. That's always going to be a part of me though; little bits of it trickle into my work. Whether it's an embrace or a rejection, I'm not always sure, but I can't avoid it.

I don't really consider myself religious. I view it more as a relationship. And if anyone thinks that's weird, then okay.