John Irving Quotes About Church

Quotes about: Church

• You don't have to be in the habit of going to church to listen to such a literary minister; you don't have to be a believer to be moved by Mr. Buechner's faith.

  John Irving

  Church, Habit, Ministers

• I have no respect for the right-to-life position. But when you legislate personal belief, you're in violation of freedom of religion. The Catholic Church may espouse its opinion on abortion to the members of its congregation. But they are in violation of separation of church and state when they try to proselytize their abortion politics on people who are not Catholics.

  John Irving

  People, Abortion, Catholic

• I grew up in a family where, through my teenage years, I was expected to go to church on Sunday. It wasn't terribly painful.

  John Irving

  Teenage, Sunday, Years

  Interview with Suzanne Herel, www.motherjones.com. May 1997.

• I still believe in getting married in churches and baptizing children. I go through those motions.

  John Irving

  Children, Believe, Church

  Interview with Suzanne Herel, www.motherjones.com. May 1997.

• I've always been interested in miracles, or the miraculous of the unexplained. I don't scoff at what makes people believe or want to believe. I think I understand the tremendous attraction of the mysteries of the church to the same degree that I understand and appreciate the frustration people feel, especially believers, with the human rule-making arm of the church, with the not-miraculous part of the church - any church.

  John Irving

  Believe, Frustration, Thinking

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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