“Pontius Pilate was the first great censor, and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship.” — Benjamin Barr Lindsey

“Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated his doctrine.” — Nietzsche

“He might be described as an underprivileged, working-class victim of political and religious persecution.” — Prince Phillip

“We’re more popular than Jesus Christ now. I don’t know which will go first; rock and roll or Christianity.” — John Lennon

“Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.” — John Lennon, one more time…cause he’s Lennon, duh.

“I keep hearing that Jesus Christ is coming, but nobody knows his tour dates.” — Michael Lucas

“Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine – My sins are my own, they belong to me.” — Patti Smith

“2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change.” — Douglas Adams

“Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.” — Simone Weil

“The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.” — Denis Diderot

“Is it a fact that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world, and how is it proved? If a God, he could not die, and as a man he could not redeem.” — Thomas Paine

“The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.” — Karl Barth

“I have no further use for America. I wouldn’t go back there if Jesus Christ was President.” — Charlie Chaplin

“I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure [Jesus Christ].” — Fidel Castro

“I had a student ask me, ‘Could the savior you believe in save Osama bin Laden?’ Of course, we know the blood of Jesus Christ can save him, and then he must be executed.” – Jerry Falwell

“If Jesus Christ were to come today people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner; and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.” — Thomas Carlyle

“Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation. Everything science has taught me, and continues to teach me, strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death.” — Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun

“Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.” — Soren Kierkegaard

“Jesus rides beside me / He never buys any smokes / Hurry up, hurry up, ain’t you had enough of this stuff / Ashtray floors, dirty clothes, and filthy jokes…” — Paul Westerberg