Whatever religious people may say about their love of God or the mandates of their religion, when their behavior toward others is violent and destruc…

- Charles Kimball

Anytime you have anyone who thinks he or she has God in their pocket, you have the potential for disaster, ... Throughout history, the claim that God…

- Charles Kimball

Religion should be a source for reconciliation, for tolerance and for empathy.

- Charles Kimball

It is easier to know the truth than to seek the truth.

- Charles Kimball

Demanding historical (or scientific) veracity as a prerequisite for truth is another kind of tunnel vision. To do so is to mistake poetry for prose.

- Charles Kimball

[M]ore wars have been waged, more people killed, and more evil perpetrated in the name of religion than by any other institutional force in human his…

- Charles Kimball

Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for individual thinki…

- Charles Kimball