“There is always two parts. That part that gets lost, in our opinion, is the fact that church is a business, ... It's not just a business. But nevertheless it is still a business.”
Steve Nelson
“This Greek idea of dualism is the problem deep down, this thing of having the spiritual on one side and the profane on the other. We are still grappling with this. Spirituality is a plus, sexuality a minus”
Father Mark Montebello
“It’s a pontifex, a bridge to the skies, in fact the Pope himself is called Pontifex Maximus”
“I remember in Gozo villagers used to say one should have three altars: the Church, the word of God and the matrimonial bed. That showed there was no separation between the physical and the spiritual”
“I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.”
George Carlin
“We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?”
George Bernard Shaw
“A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.”
Abigail Van Buren
