80 Quotes About Priests

They keep saying that their kingdom is not of this world, then take everything they can lay their hands on. Civilization will never reach perfection until the last stone of the last church has fallen on the last priest, and the earth is rid of that evil lot.

Your prim faith in the True Sect’s canon serves naught. The temple preaches a loveless morality that cares not one jot for the plight of our livelihood. The priests are fat parasites, theosophizing on their rumps while folk like us break our backs, milked dry by their tithes and their rote obligations. Where does their doctrine show the least concern for our chance to enjoy the fruits of our happiness?

Surely the gestures of murmuring priests must contain some deep meaning

Yes an atheist priest can perfectly minister to a believing congregation and miracles can happen in that congregation. Miracles depend on the faith of the believer, not that of the officiant. A bartender who never takes alcohol can serve alcohol to his clients. What is necessary is that the priest believes he is doing the good work. The congregation needs faith and it helps them. It would be evil to deny them such a service in the name of his lack of faith. - Bangambiki Habyarimana

The king nodded. “What are the priests doing about this?” he said.“I saw them throwing one another in the river, sir.”The king nodded again. “That sounds about right,” he said. “They’ve come to their senses at last.

For some reason, Area X was very hard on linguists, almost as hard as it was on priests.

Roman blinked again and smacked Aspid’s nose with his hand. “What did I say about kisses? No kisses unless invited.”Aspid’s tongue contracted. He pulled Roman into his mouth.I sprinted.“Yes, I love you, too,” Roman said from inside the forest of teeth. “I need to go now. Come on.”The dragon opened his mouth and put Roman back into the mud.

Religion can only be a means to a set of values cherished by its living adherents. If those values relate only to a past or a presumed afterlife, it is a sign that religion has become a goal serving the ends of a priest or a demagogue and rest of the living are merely tools to serve that end. If it is not to become a fossil, it has to be a living faith serving the cherished values of the living.

We are priests ordained by God to instruct and guide people to fulfill God’s will