#priest

For if you look over the State of Religion as it standeth in Christendom, there is no Church whatsoever which will accept you as a Member of its Communion, but upon some particular terms of Belief, or Practice, which Christ never appointed, and it may be such as an honest and a wise Christian cannot consent to. I am not more able to give up my Reason to the Church of England, than to give up my Senses to the Church of Rome; it looks like a Trick in all Churches to take away the use of Mens Reason, that they may render us Vassals and Slaves to all their Dictates and Commands. ↗

— William Stephens

#priestcraft #men

You'll be asked to be the ass He rides into Jerusalem, but it's a heavy load, and it'll break your back, because He's carrying the sins of the world. ↗

— Walter Miller

#religion #religion

This particular May morning begins with the appearance of a procession on the corner of Pancake and Rosa Luxemburg Streets. The procession is evidently religious: it consists of eight clerical personages, well known to the entire town. But instead of censers, the clerical personages are swinging brooms, which transfers the entire action from the plane of religion to the plane of revolution. These personages are now simply unproductive elements of society performing their labor duty for the benefit of the people. Instead of prayers, golden clouds of dust rise to the heavens. ("X") ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#priest #russian-revolution #religion

That God is in truth the sort of bloodthirsty paranoid Who would rend to bits forty-two children for the crime of sassing one of his priests. Don't ask me about the Front Office's policies; I just work here. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#god #priests #religion #stranger-in-a-strange-land #religion

Islam’s all about knowledge, right? Muslims know everything. We seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. We seek knowledge even if it be in China, Yusef, EVEN IN CHINA! And we’ve reduced our religion to fuckin’ academics. The guy who knows Islam best is the one who really hits the books hard, learns his shit. Muslims brag about having no priests but we’re getting molested by scholars. Yusef Ali, books are not Allah. Even a book by or from Allah is not Allah. ↗

— Michael Muhammad Knight

#islam #muslim #priest #quran #scholar

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. ↗

— Henry Adams

#else #fit #however #man #priest

While we are under the tyranny of Priests, it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason, in order to establish systems incompatible therewith. ↗

— Ethan Allen

#ever #incompatible #interest #law #nature

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#commit #crimes #matter #ministers #people

Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#become #course #inclination #know #lawyer

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#beings #create #exist #kill #know