Faith Limitations Quotes

You may know God, but not comprehend Him.

I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.

Jesus says in Matthew 25, no man knows the day nor the hour, neither the angles nor the son but only the Father which is in heaven. Now if Jesus didn't know when he was coming back, it's crazy for me to try to think.

My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.

Faith can move mountains; true: mountains of stupidity.

You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don't think him competent.

The current version of... separation of church and state says you can be salt, and you can be light, but only inside the four walls of the church.

Asking God for a specific thing will amount to limiting God to a specific answer.

Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God.

Fatally powerful as religious systems have been, human nature is stronger and wider, and though dogmas may hamper they cannot absolutely repress its growth.

Faith may have removed mountains way off somewhere, a long time ago, but it won't remove a wart at home this week.

I don't want to give advice to people about their religious beliefs, but I do think that it's not smart to bet against the power of science to figure out the natural world. It used to be, a thousand years ago, that if you wanted to explain why the moon moved through the sky, you needed to invoke God.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

It's really difficult for fanatic churchgoers to understand God can't help me. I'm the only one who can help me.

There are many positive values that come with a Muslim upbringing. But when religion becomes about rules and hierarchies, when it starts to feel like a prison, I'm not interested.

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!

Anyone who knows God cannot describe Him. Anyone who can describe God does not know Him.

Religion is sort of like a lift in your shoes. If it makes you feel better, fine. Just don't ask me to wear your shoes.

Religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction.

Religion leaves no room for human complexity.

Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's so limiting.

This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.

While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.

For many, religion has to do with what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. In the end, that doesn't bear fruit.