#organized religion

If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe. ↗

— Kerry Thornley

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I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male. ↗

— Julia Child

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I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ↗

— Dave Davies

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Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

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It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive because it allowed me to act in any way that I wanted. ↗

— Luke Ford

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Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power. ↗

— Alice Walker

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Nothing has done more to separate and divide human beings one from another than exclusivist organized religion. ↗

— Neale Donald Walsch

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In a lot of Indian societies, spirituality has been lost, I think it's still the best way of looking at the world for Indians - better than any organized religion in this country. ↗

— James Welch

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