8 Tom Robbins Quotes on Religion

Tom Robbins quotes on religion

52. Modern Romans insisted that there was only one god, a notion that struck Alobar as comically simplistic.

53. If you didn't serve the nasty fellow (God), the Romans would burn your house down. If you did serve him, you were called a Christian and got to burn other people's houses down.

62. ... overdramatizing the word of God, turning the Scriptures into a cross between a German opera and a hockey game.

71. A sense of humor, properly developed, is superior to any religion so far devised.

77. ...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on heaven is to create hell.

78. Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

107. 'And what would our ideas of God, of religion, be like if they had come to us through the minds of women? Ever think of that?'

110. Suppose the neutral angels were able to talk to Yahweh and Lucifer- God and Satan, to use their popular titles- into settling out of court. What would be the terms of the compromise? Specifically, how would they divide the assets of their earthly kingdom? Would God be satisfied to take loaves and fishes and itty-bitty thimbles of Communion wine, while allowing Satan to have the redeye Gravy, eighteen ounce New York steak, and buckets of chilled champagne? Would God really accept twice-a-month lovemaking for procreative purposes and give Satan the all-night, no-holds-barred, nasty 'can't-get-enough-of-you' hot-as-hell fucks?