3. “A friendly study of all the world’s religious scriptures is the sacred duty of every person.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi

4. “The problem with religion for many of my generation is that we are constantly looking for fulfillment. It is as if we have grown malformed – with a piece, a very small piece, yet an integral piece, missing.” ~ Jana Novak, 20-something author

5. “Truth is the cry of all, but the game of the few.” ~ George Berkeley

6. “I think, therefore I am.” ~ Descartes “I yearn for meaning, therefore God is.” ~ Dean C. Halverson

7. “Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the impossible.” ~ H.L. Mencken

8. “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

9. “My dear child, you must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy tell you.” ~ Benjamin Jowett

10. “You and I, each and every one of us without exception, can be defined as an aching need for the infinite. Some people realize this; some do not.” ~ Thomas Dubay, The Evidential Power Of Beauty

11. “To believe in God is impossible – not to believe in him is absurd.” ~ Votaire

12. “It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

13. “I was told that the Chinese said they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory. I have some slight regret that this has not been arranged, as I might have become a god, which would have been very chic for an atheist.” ~ Bertrand Russel

14. “Giving away a fortune is taking Christianity too far.” ~ Charlotte Bingham

15. “I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.” ~ Bob Hope

16. “I’m going to take the moment to contemplate most of the Western religions. I’m looking for something soft on morality, generous with holidays, and with a very short initiation period.” ~ David Addison

17. “The message of Christ must be heard by every religion, including the Christian ‘religion’.” ~ Karl Barth

18. “The really unbearable thing for us is grace. It is exactly the opposite of everything our religious sentiments are looking fore. We are possessed by an obsessional desire to justify ourselves. Saying that God loves us grants us no reassurance. We would prefer it if he gave us fifty things to do, so that when we had done them we could be at peace. We do not want an ongoing relationship with God. We prefer a rule.” ~ Jacques Ellul, Christian Theologian

19. “The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.” ~ Joan Baez

20. “It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.” ~ Andre Gide

21. “When we focus on external holiness we build a wall between our true self and our pseudo-self. Wearing masks and presenting a pseudoself means one is not in open relationship with others. It is a counterfeit community of one pseudoself talking to another pseudoself.” ~ Mark D. Baker, Missionary

22. “Religion is exhausting.” ~ Mark D. Baker

23. “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened down, and I will give you rest.” ~ Jesus of Nazareth to those who have tried religion and are looking for more.

24. “…God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.” ~ Ephesians 2:20 (NIV)

25. “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” ~ John 17:3 (NASB)

26. “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?” ~ Matthew 15:3 (NASB)

29. “You yourselves [plural] are our letter [singular], written on our hearts, to be known and read by all; and you show that you [plural] are a letter [singular] of Christ.” ~ 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 (NRSV)

30. “I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [plural] as a living sacrifice [singular], holy and acceptable to God.” ~ Romans 12:1 (NRSV)

31. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

32. “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you will be saved.” ~ Romans 10:9 (NASB)