#religion

Every religion there's something foul going on. ↗

— Ja Rule

#foul #going #religion #something

Who made these laws? That's what I want to know. So that's why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe in God-not religion. ↗

— Ja Rule

#call #cross #crosses #double #i

I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#almost #anyway #child #disappeared #force

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#asked #bite #i #religion #say

Religions are the cradles of despotism. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#religions

We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind. ↗

— Juan Antonio Samaranch

#benefit #bringing #convictions #ideal #irrespective

It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#any #athlete #athletes #believe #bit

To the first class belong the Gospels and Acts; to the second, the Epistles; to the third, the Revelation. ↗

— Philip Schaff

#acts #belong #class #epistles #first

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. ↗

— Walter Scott

#easier #examine #finds #historical #incredulity

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#selfishness