The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.

The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.

The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't read more

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.

I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.