Shahrukh Khan (1965) Indian actor, producer and television personality
From interview with Anshul Chaturvedi
“It takes a lot of intellect to have faith, which is why so many people only have religiosity…. I'm against people taking the Bible absolutely literally, rather than letting some of it be real fantasy, like Jonah… Faith is best expressed in story.”
Newsweek interview (2004)
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“I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.”
Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian
“Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.”
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
Section 225
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Nigella Lawson (1960) British food writer, journalist and broadcaster
Regarding her second book, How to be a Domestic Goddess.
A woman of extremes (2001)
Phil Vischer (1966) American puppeter
From Disc Two; Behind the Scenes: Jonah and the Bible (00:05:17-00:05:28)
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie DVD (2002)
“Stop taking it literally—it's only the Bible, it's not gospel.”
Dara Ó Briain (1972) Irish comedian and television presenter
On Christian fundamentalism
Dara Ó Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal (2006)
“I'm wary of faith outside of actions. I'm wary of religiosity that ignores the wider world.”
Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2
Rolling Stone interview (2005)
Context: I'm wary of faith outside of actions. I'm wary of religiosity that ignores the wider world. In 2001, only seven percent of evangelicals polled felt it incumbent upon themselves to respond to the AIDS emergency. This appalled me. I asked for meetings with as many church leaders as would have them with me. I used my background in the Scriptures to speak to them about the so-called leprosy of our age and how I felt Christ would respond to it. And they had better get to it quickly, or they would be very much on the other side of what God was doing in the world.
Amazingly, they did respond. I couldn't believe it. It almost ruined it for me — 'cause I love giving out about the church and Christianity. But they actually came through: Jesse Helms, you know, publicly repents for the way he thinks about AIDS.
I've started to see this community as a real resource in America. I have described them as "narrow-minded idealists." If you can widen the aperture of that idealism, these people want to change the world. They want their lives to have meaning.
Penn Jillette (1955) American magician
p. 42 http://books.google.com/books?id=KsI3sswEg14C&pg=PA42&dq=%22reading+the+bible+is+the+fast+track+to+atheism%22 <br class="br">2010s, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales (2011)