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All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
There are no small churches, just small people.
A lot of churches have not moved with the times.
I go to churches to pray, but I don't go to mass.
Let Catholics build their own churches and works.
Churches should not be directly involved in politics.
I'm more inclined towards old churches and dusty museums.
I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.
If Satan wasn't around, churches would go out of business.
Wherever you've got a state church, you have empty churches.
Churches, synagogues, and mosques should be treated the same.
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.
I have sung at Christmas many times in Finland, especially in churches.
There are enough churches already, but the world still needs salvation.
You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.
We are no longer a nation of one church; we are a nation of many churches.
Showbiz and churches are the same thing. You never saw 'The Wizard of Oz?'
I love visiting churches and I think I've visited every mosque in Istanbul.
Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches.
I'm in love with corrugated iron buildings, especially chapels and churches.
American churches work very hard at reaching out to people to bring them in.
All political parties, if they are to be successful, have to be broad churches.
If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches?
Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, is preached in most of our churches.
In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
All churches and all religions contain aspects of the truth, but only God is truth.
I believe Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country in which churches are prohibited.
Churches, depending on their policy, can do fantastic work with people in the community.
I think a lot of people get hope through civic organizations and through their churches.
I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.
Flesh sells. People don't want to see pictures of churches. They want to see naked bodies.
I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches.
Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.
As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country.
I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.
Evangelical churches are weaker than we realize because we don't teach the confessions and doctrine.
The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
Whenever I traveled abroad and went into these old cathedrals and churches, I would feel so peaceful.
Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful.
I believe in Christianity, Judaism and Islamism, but I stay away from churches, synagogues and mosques.
The Puritans removed organs and paintings from churches, but bought them for private use in their homes.
The war against homosexuality in Uganda is fueled by the funds of American Christian missionary churches.
I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor.
'Greenleaf' never mocks religion. It reminds us that people in churches are human, and no one is perfect.
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
I think people are free to marry any way they want to. But churches are free to set standards for marriage.
Churches need to figure out how they will address the spiritual lives of their staffs and leadership teams.
