“In fact, my very first thought upon hearing of the Rev. Falwell’s passing was: Good. And I didn’t mean ‘good’ in a oh-good-he’s-gone-home-to-be-with-the-Lord kind of way. I meant ‘good’ as in ‘Ding-dong, the witch is dead.’”
- Cathleen Falsani
“Catholicism is a very masochistic religion . . . there are some very beautiful rituals in Catholicism, but there is a certain darkness within it. It’s not a very loving religion. It’s not very flexible. It doesn’t make room for human error.”
- Madonna
“Christianity is a religion for losers.”
- Ted Turner
“Many of these formerly nonvoting white evangelicals are remaining true to their unworldliness. In voting for [Bush] they have voted against their own material (and, some might imagine, spiritual) well-being.”
- Hendrick Hertzberg
“Can a people that believes more fervently in the Virgin Birth than in evolution still be called an Enlightened nation?”
- Garry Wills
“[Followers of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson are] largely poor, uneducated, and easy to command.”
- Michael Weisskopf , February 1, 1993.
“[Christian conservatives are like] a vengeful mob — revved up by rectitude — running around with torches and hatchets after heathens and pagans and infidels.”
- Maureen Dowd , November 14, 2004.
“American Christians like to think that religious violence is a problem only for other faiths. In the heart of every Christian, though, is a tiny voice preaching self-righteousness, paranoia and hatred. Christians claim that theirs is a faith based on love, but they’ll just as soon kill you.”
- Timothy Shortell
“God cursed those who are the sons of Israel, through David and Jesus, the son of Mary. . . . Those people, God made monkeys and pigs. . . .”
- Sami al Arian
“I was looking at this woman and I was trying to figure out what was on her forehead. At first I thought you were in the [Seattle] earthquake, but I realized you’re just Jesus freaks.”
- Ted Turner , February 13, 2002.