Subject: Beliefs » Religion

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Religion – it’s given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Church is only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members.

(1881–1944) Archbishop of Canterbury

I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.

(1961 – ) Canadian–American actor, voice actor, author, producer & activist

During Passover, the angel of death passed over the Jews – an event that, up until the late 1950s, was re-enacted every year by Ivy League colleges and suburban country clubs.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Heaven: The Coney Island of the Christian imagination.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

You do a lot of praying, but most of the time the answer is “no.”

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

It's interesting to speculate how it developed that in two of the most anti-feminist institutions, the church and the law court, the men are wearing the dresses.

(1916 – 2000) American lawyer & activist

My wife converted me to religion; I never believed in hell until I married her.

(1892 – 1992) American film & television producer & director

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Religion is basically guilt with different holidays.

American stand-up comedian, television writer & actor

As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.

When deciding between two competing theories, always go with the one that doesn't involve a magic spell.

(1956 – ) American comedian

It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

The Jews celebrate Passover by eating unpalatable food to remind them what will happen to their people if they ever leave New York City.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

There’s only one difference between Catholics and Jews; Jews are born with guilt, and Catholics have to go to school to learn it.

(1952 – ) comedian

Satan: The scarecrow in the religious cornfield.

I'm looking for loopholes.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Catholics don't get divorced; they stay together through anger and hatred and festering misery, just like God intended.

(1953 – ) American comedian & actor

Honor thy parents. That’s one of the Lord’s Top 10 Commandments. That’s right around covetin’ your neighbor’s cattles and wives and there.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

If you really are superior, you don't go around saying you're superior – unless you're Jewish.

Canadian-American comedian & writer