Subject: Beliefs » Religion

The church has historically been very slow to embrace technology; until very recently, their idea of a laptop was an altar boy.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

I used to think 'Tora! Tora! Tora!' was about a Rabbi taking inventory.

(1936 – ) television talk show host

My friend Phil was brought up Orthodox Jewish… he actually thought the New Testament was the paperback version of the Old Testament.

(1961 – ) comedian, writer, radio & television personality & blogger

Unitarian: One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I have a lot of respect for anyone who can tour without an album.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Nun: A creature of habit.

If we are all God’s children, what’s so special about Jesus?

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

I don’t know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I love seeing [the Pope] in his Pope-Mobile, his three feet of bullet proof plexi-glass… that’s faith in action folks; you know he’s got God on his side.

(1961 – 1994) comedian

Jesus was a Jew, yes, but only on his mother’s side.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

My dad was Catholic, my mom was Baptist — which was great 'cause at church we got bread and chicken.

American comedian

My mom brought us to mass every Sunday – short for ‘massive head trauma’ that you get from your mother punching you in your little nine-year-old head every minute because you can’t sit still for anything that’s boring.

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

My family wasn’t very religious; on Hanukkah, they had a menorah on a dimmer.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty.

(1946 – ) filmmaker, actor & writer

Religion is basically guilt with different holidays.

American stand-up comedian, television writer & actor

It is not enough to be abstinent with other people, you also have to be abstinent alone; the Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery…. you can’t masturbate without lust!

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)

Christian: A man who feels repentance on a Sunday for what he did on Saturday and is going to do on Monday.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Ever notice how people who believe in creationism look really unevolved?

(1961 – 1994) comedian

I think of the church often; not because religion was closing in on me, but because for a long time my ass was sore from that hard, unupholstered pew.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

My wife and I did the Jewish divorce custom where we took a broken glass and we put it back together.

(1978 – ) American stand-up comedian