If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.
U2 have a lot of religion, also people like Johnny Cash and Elvis. Those people weren't shy about it - it's nice there are people who've come before that were open about it.
Basic religion is the reason we have morals.
The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe successors - science, capitalism, consumerism.
I'm a fifth generation Jew from the South, and I would say that I felt this connection to my religion, but it wasn't a spiritual connection.
Americans know more about religion than almost any other topic.
Religion is increasingly a woman's domain in America.
I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the re...
The moral systems of religion, I think, are super important.
It is well known that the Soviet Union closely regulates all organizations and movements, including religion.
There's no way that scientists can ever rule out religion, or even have anything significant to say about the abstract idea of a divine creator.
The fact that I don't have any particular need for religion doesn't mean that I have a need to cast religion aside the way some of my colleagues do.
What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics.
I think religion is a mistake - I'm exhausted by its self-righteousness. I think atheists should start screaming for attention like religious folks do.
I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. It's a relief to accept that not everything is under your control.
The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.
Organized religion: the world's largest pyramid scheme.
My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion.
Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.
We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.
I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.
