I wasn't going to great schools, because my parents didn't believe in public education. They wanted the education to be influenced by their religion, so I was going to these halfway education-slash-Christian schools that were like pop-up shop-style education. Katy Perry christianeducationgreat share on social
God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that. Joseph Campbell godintellectuallevel Change image and share on social
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. Joseph Campbell factinterpretmetaphor Change image and share on social
Religion triggers a lot of emotions in me, most of which stem from being raised Jewish in a very Baptist community in the South. I didn't believe any of it from an early age - the clubby quality of whatever religion or church you belonged to, Judaism included. It just struck me as foolish. David Cross agebaptistbelong share on social
How can you have the religion of the sovereign be the religion of the state if the sovereign belongs to many religions? And it's at that point, I think, historically, that you start to see people saying maybe the state should not associate itself with any religion. Maybe there shouldn't be any official religion. Noah Feldman associatebelonghistorically share on social
These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual. Joan D. Vinge ageancientblindly share on social
Zen, per se, is not just an art, it's not just a religion, it's a realisation. Gene Clark artrealisationreligion Change image and share on social
Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff. Sojourner Truth humanhumanitypoor Change image and share on social
I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature. Neil Young believecreationhigh Change image and share on social