The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call ‘Christian’ the true religion which existed before. – Saint Augustine
There’s a form of selling out. It’s necessary. You have to become edible for people in Texas. You have to become edible for the Christian right, for mass audiences. – Shia LaBeouf
The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress. – Rodney Stark
I see so many people. They just seem to be hopeless. Being a Christian and being a pastor, the ultimate hope is in Jesus. – Richie Furay
I was baptized a Baptist, but I’m just Christian, as far as I’m concerned. I could go in any church, doesn’t matter if it’s Baptist, Protestant, Episcopal, or Catholic. – Queen Latifah
You don’t have to be a Fundamentalist Christian to be interested in the Bible. It’s really a fascinating mythology. – Robert Crumb
I am a Christian. I know I am a Christian, knowing that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. – Ronnie Milsap
Without centuries of Christian antisemitism, Hitler’s passionate hatred would never have been so fervently echoed. – Robert Runcie
To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations. – Rowan Williams
I think most of our religious institutions are pretty corrupt, so they’re not reliable. I think the Christian religion that I was brought up with has very little to do with Christ, really, and more an institutions that have built up around the church. – Richard Gere
People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced. – Samuel Butler
A tendency could not but arise to reconcile with Christian profession a good many modes of life, enjoyments, occupations, social actions and customs, from which the first Christians had recoiled. – Robert Rainy
If I have to degrade myself or do something that I’m not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I’m just not willing to do it. – Quinton Aaron
Leading Christian theologians such as Augustine and Aquinas were not what today might be called ‘strict constructionists.’ Rather, they celebrated reason as the means to gain greater insight into divine intentions. – Rodney Stark
One can’t understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive – they’re reacting to what they call secular humanism. – Peter L. Berger
It’s come to the point where you have people saying it’s our Christian duty to embrace the homosexual movement. This is absurd. – Randall Terry
Quite frankly, I would prefer to have a non-Christian like Mitt Romney who at least pretends to embrace biblical principles over a professing Christian like Barack Obama who embraces very unbiblical positions on abortion. – Robert Jeffress
I was raised Catholic and I’m Presbyterian now, but I’ve always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way. – Patricia Heaton
Mitt Romney is a Mormon, and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. Even though he talks about Jesus as his Lord and savior, he is not a Christian. Mormonism is not Christianity. Mormonism is a cult. – Robert Jeffress
I see little difference in the attitudes of those who consider themselves Christian and those who are openly secular and agnostic. Most Christian citizenship appears to be clearly right here – on this little bit of very unreal estate. – Richard Rohr