#organized

Don't tell anyone, but on the pagan day of the sun god Ra, I kneel at the foot of an ancient instrument of torture and consume ritualistic symbols of blood and flesh. ...And if any of you care to join me, come to the Harvard chapel on Sunday, kneel beneath the crucifix, and take Holy Communion. ↗

— Dan Brown

#organized-religion #religion #religion

The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.' 'What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#god #organized-religion #sin #religion

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎The mind of God is greater than all the minds of men, so let all men leave the gospel just as God has delivered it unto us. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#organized-religion #religion #men

The Vatican won't prosecute pedophile priests but I decide I'm not ready for motherhood and it's condemnation for me? These are the same people that won't support national condom distribution that PREVENTS teenage pregnancy. ↗

— Sonya Renee Taylor

#catholic #feminism #feminist #motherhood #organized-religion

God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellect. ↗

— Wm. Paul Young

#religion

Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies. ↗

— Woody Allen

#billion #crime #dollars #forty #little

Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich. ↗

— Warren Beatty

#going #interests #job #labor #money

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom. ↗

— Charles Peguy

#better #freedom #organized #than #tyranny

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

I don't really go down one path. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist, or a Catholic or a Christian or a Muslim, or Jewish. I couldn't put myself into any organized faith. ↗

— Dean Cain

#buddhist #call #catholic #christian #down