#organized religion

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

— Neale Donald Walsch

#beings #divide #done #human #human beings

I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature. ↗

— Neil Young

#creation #higher #i #into #just

I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#figured #four #going #holy #i

I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort. ↗

— Jewel Kilcher

#comfort #found #i #much #never

Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action. ↗

— Robert Shea

#club #down #end #freedom #garden

I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried to molest me. Telling me I was gay and I should go home with them and stuff. ↗

— Jonathan Davis

#bunch #catholic #dealt #gay #go

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

— Kerry Thornley

#fringe #lunatic #masses #opium #organized

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

— Mary Douglas

#arrangements #done #harm #looser #more

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

#earth #forever #had #i #i think

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

#been #best #best way #better #country