Religious Fraud Quotes

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool.

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

We have fools in all sects, and impostors in most.

People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that.

Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.

I'm a Christian. I was born and raised a Catholic. But I think there are people that are frauds that are ministers.

The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.

It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than that we permitted one such imposter and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God and have credit among us.

We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.

Indeed, Mr. Jefferson, what could be invented to debase the ancient Christianism, which Greeks, Romans, Hebrews and Christian factions, above all the Catholics, have not fraudulently imposed upon the public? Miracles after miracles have rolled down in torrents, wave succeeding wave in the Catholic church, from the Council of Nicea, and long before, to this day.