Religion Is For Those Who Fear Hell Quotes

#1. You are afraid of hell. But that's all religion is, really. Fear of a place we'd rather not be, and where there's no such a thing as suicide to steal us away.

Patrick DeWitt

#2. On the one hand you had people constantly fighting Hell; on the other, you had people constantly fighting Hell on earth.

Criss Jami

#3. The fear of hell is the basis for the Christian faith.

Madalyn Murray O'Hair

#4. O Allah! If I worship You for fear of Hell, burn me in Hell, and if I worship You in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise. But if I worship You for Your Own sake, grudge me not Your everlasting Beauty

Rabi'ah Al-'Adawiyah

#5. Napoleon once dismissed religion as 'what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.' Meaning, without the fear of God
or literally the hell we might have to pay
the rest of us would just take what we wanted.

Mitch Albom

#6. She had seen him once, smiling a little through another friar's sermon about Hell, saying after the other left that fear of Hell is one of many paths to it. Forget Hell and love one another. That is all He wants of you.

Christopher Buehlman

#7. Religious people fear hell
Spiritual people have walked thru it.

Frank Warren

#8. In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls.

Omar Khayyam

#9. Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.

David Bowie

#10. God knew our lives would be really bad sometimes. Like maybe we'd be turned into a monster and then our best friend would get killed. So he made up this story about hell, so we could always say, 'Well it could be worse. It could be hell.' And then we'd keep going.

Michael Grant