Line #36 Quotes/CorruptChurch


1	!!Literature/TheBible
2	->''"...make not my Father's house a house of merchandise."''
3	-->-- ''[[Literature/TheFourGospels John 2:16]]''
4
5	->Someone might argue, "If my falsehood enhances God's truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?" Why not say -- as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say -- "Let us do evil that good may result?" Their condemnation is deserved.
6	-->-- ''[[Literature/BookOfRomans Romans 3:7-8]]''
7
8	->''From the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely.''
9	-->-- ''[[Literature/BookOfJeremiah Jeremiah 8:10]]''
10
11	->''Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, "Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.''
12	-->-- ''[[Literature/BookOfMicah Micah 3:11]]''
13	----
14	!!{{Anime}} & {{Manga}}
15	->'''Jane:''' Sanctuary! I need sanctuary!\
16	'''Edna:''' What the hell is your problem?! Don't you remember what Jesus said in Luke 11? "Don't trouble me -- the door is locked". Got that, bitch?\
17	'''Jane:''' B-but this is a church, isn't it?!\
18	'''Edna:''' So what? God's not in today. He's on vacation in Vegas, all right?
19	-->-- ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''"Greenback Jane"''
20
21	!!{{Film}} -- Live-action
22	->''"IT'S NOT A FUCKIN' BOOK! It's a weapon. A weapon aimed right at the hearts and minds of the weak and the desperate. It will give us control of them. If we want to rule more than one small fuckin' town, we have to have it. People will come from all over, they'll do exactly what I tell 'em if the words are from the book. It's happened before and it'll happen again. All we need is that book."''
23	-->-- '''Carnegie''', ''Film/TheBookOfEli''
24
25	->'''Marty Baron''': We need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests. Practice and policy; show me the church manipulated the system so that these guys wouldn't have to face charges, show me they put those same priests back into parishes time and time again. Show me this was systemic, that it came from the top down.\
26	'''Ben Bradlee, Jr.''': Sounds like we're going after Law.\
27	'''Marty''': We're going after the system.
28	-->-- ''Film/{{Spotlight}}''
29
30	->'''Mike Rezendes''': Mitch, are you telling me that the Catholic Church removed legal documents from that courthouse?\
31	'''Mitchell Garabedian''': Look, I'm not crazy, I'm not paranoid. I'm experienced. Check the docket. You'll see. They control everything.
32	-->-- ''Film/{{Spotlight}}''
33
34	->'''Mike Rezendes''': So, I can just walk into that courtroom right now and get those documents?\
35	'''Mitchell Garabedian''': No, you cannot. Because the documents are not there.\
36	'''Rezendes''': But you just said they're public.\
37	'''Garabedian''': I know I did. But this is Boston. And the church does not want them to be found. So, they are not there.
38	-->-- ''Film/{{Spotlight}}''
39
40	!!{{Literature}}
41	->''"Prophets impose their own opinions,\
42	Convince themselves, and boss their minions,\
43	pronounce, and then to all they say:\
44	'God has ordained – you must obey!'"''
45	-->-- '''Creator/WilliamAuld''', ''La infana raso''
46
47	->''"Men have been enslaving each other since they invented gods to forgive themselves for it."''
48	-->-- '''Adam''', ''Literature/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter''
49
50	->''"Faith moves mountains...[[BaitAndSwitchComment of inventory.]]"''
51	-->-- '''[[Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #104]]'''
52
53	->''"Once upon a time, Christianity created its own enemy and called it Satanism. Everything was a matter of good and evil, plain and simple, black and white . . . but this is a gray world. The two extremes, Christ and Satan, finally merged in the Christian militia. There was always a powerful attraction there; now it's been fulfilled. Christ and Anti-Christ in one. Only took two thousand years."''
54	-->-- '''Seal''', ''Literature/DadsNuke''
55
56	->''"If the Divine call does not make us better, it will make us very much worse. Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God."''
57	-->-- '''Creator/CSLewis''', ''Reflections on the Psalms''
58
59	->''"I do believe in Christianity, and my impression is that a system must be divine which has survived so much insane mismanagement."''
60	-->-- '''Creator/GKChesterton''', ''Superstition and Modern Justice''
61
62	->''"The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine — but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight."''
63	-->-- '''Creator/HilaireBelloc''' to Anglican clergyman William Temple, quoted in Robert Speaight's ''The Life of Hilaire Belloc''
64
65	->''"Every Catholic knows that his Church is a splendidly happy-go-lucky-affair — often haphazard, with sometimes internal quarrels — and that it would not hold together for ten years if there were not supernatural life and unity in this Divine Church."''
66	-->-- '''Msgr Ronald Knox''', from ''University and Anglican Sermons''
67
68	!!LiveActionTV
69	->''"God's blessing has its price."''
70	-->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/ThePope Rodrigo Borgia]]''', ''Series/TheBorgias''
71
72	->'''Rosanna Scotto:''' Don't you think you went a little too far with the Catholic Church jokes?\
73	'''Creator/BillBurr:''' Don't you think the Catholic Church went a little too far?
74	--> ''-Good Day New York''
75
76	!![[AlbumsIndex Music]]
77	->''So you need a new car?\
78	Let your fingers take a walk\
79	Through the business guide\
80	For the 'Born Again' flock\
81	You'll be keeping all your money\
82	In the Kingdom now\
83	And you'll only drink milk\
84	From a Christian cow''
85	-->-- '''Music/SteveTaylor''', "Guilt By Association"
86
87	->''And here’s to the churches of Mississippi\
88	Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust\
89	And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust\
90	The fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust\
91	Heaven only knows in which God they can trust''
92	-->-- '''Music/PhilOchs''', "Here’s to the State of Mississippi"
93
94	->''He's got twenty million dollars\
95	In his Heavenly Bank Account\
96	All from those chumps who was\
97	"Born Again"\
98	He's got seven limousines\
99	And a private plane\
100	All for the use of his\
101	Special friends''
102	-->-- '''Music/FrankZappa''', "Heavenly Bank Account"
103
104	->''See ten thousand ministries.'' \
105	''See the holy, righteous dogs.'' \
106	''They claim to heal, but all they do is steal,'' \
107	''Abuse your faith, cheat, and rob.'' \
108	''If God is wise, why is He still, '' \
109	''When these false prophets call Him friend?'' \
110	''Why is He silent? Is He blind?'' \
111	''Are we abandoned in the end?''
112	-->-- '''Music/{{Motorhead}}''', "God Was Never on Your Side"
113
114	->''Media: I run it, politicians, I own 'em,\
115	Wars I don't condone but I still bankroll 'em!\
116	Wait! Uhh...I mean allegedly!\
117	'Cause what goes on in my ledger you're not allowed to see!\
118	Not a man, woman or child, nation or country\
119	Has the authority to stand up to me!\
120	Because I got a little thing called National Sovereignty,\
121	It was awarded to me by this cat named Mussolini!\
122	You remember, Hitler's buddy back from World War Two?\
123	He said "you didn't see the Holocaust"\
124	I said "holla who?"\
125	I got a tax-free country just for playin' along,\
126	And when you're this close to God, nothing you do is wrong!\
127	Infallible! Say it with a straight face!\
128	That's right, my God backs up every single word that I say\
129	'Cause he's not some old guy living up in the clouds,\
130	He's here on Earth, in my wallet and my bank accounts!''
131	-->-- '''The Pope''', "Pope Rap", Trevor Moore: Drunk Texts to Myself
132
133	!!{{Tabletop Game}}s
134	->''"We have no need for military might. We wield two of the sharpest swords ever forged: Faith in our left hand, Wealth in our right."''
135	-->-- '''Vuliev of the Ghost Council''', FlavorText for [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=97219 Castigate]], ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''
136
137	!!{{Theatre}}
138	->'''Gabrielle''': Has anyone talked to the Bishop?\
139	'''Countesss''': Nowadays, only money talks to the Bishop.
140	-->-- ''The Madwoman of Chaillot''
141
142	!!{{Video Game}}s
143	->'''Elizabeth:''' Fifty percent of everything people earn here goes directly to Comstock as a tithe.\
144	'''Booker:''' I gotta get ''me'' a job in the prophet business.
145	-->-- ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite''
146
147	->'''Dante Alighieri:''' The Bishop assured us that our sins would be absolved!\
148	'''Lucifer:''' And you ''believed'' him? You actually ''believed'' these salesmen of salvation?
149	-->-- ''VideoGame/DantesInferno''
150
151	->''"People ''want to be told how to act.'' Most people are idiots, and that's exactly who my teachings appeal to!"''
152	-->-- '''Pastor Richards''', ''Pressing Issues'' (Radio/GTARadio)
153
154	->'''Priest:''' Is God a jar of strawberry preserves, a size 12 sneaker, a footlong Hogie, an all-expense paid trip to Brazil, or a [[Series/ThePriceIsRight NEWWW CARRRRR!?]]''\
155	''Choice number 6:'' None of the above, it's a trick question.''\
156	'''Priest:''' Oh, I'm so sorry. He is in fact an all-expense paid trip to Brazil. You have not seen the light, my son... but we shall open your eyes... even if we must shut them first...
157	-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Harvester}} ''
158
159	!!{{WebOriginal}}
160	->'''Poverty:''' ''The vow taken by members of the Roman Catholic Church (you know them, right? Biggest land-owners on the planet?)''\
161	'''syn:''' ''bullshit''
162	-->-- ''Website/UrbanDictionary''
163
164	->''The Saints defended themselves by saying they were encouraging the Archdiocese to be open and honest about their crimes, which is ironic when you consider that they concealed their PR work for the Church for fucking years, only acknowledged their role in the scandal AFTER the news broke, and are still fighting in court to keep their communications with the church confidential...The obvious question is why would the Saints DO any of this shit? Well the answer is because owner Gayle Benson is the kind of devout Catholic whose devotion long ago spilled over into cultist derangement. She’s also a billionaire, and no billionaire can resist the opportunity to help orchestrate and/or cover up human rights violations.''
165	-->-- '''[[https://defector.com/why-your-team-sucks-2020-new-orleans-saints/ Drew Magary]]''', "Why Your Team Sucks 2020: New Orleans Saints"
166
167	!!WesternAnimation
168	->'''Blue Fangs''': Your God's love is not unconditional. He does not love [[TheLegionsOfHell us]], and He does not love [[NotSoDifferentRemark you]].\
169	'''Bishop''': I have done His bidding. My life's work is in His name.\
170	'''Blue Fangs''': Your life's work makes Him ''[[GodIsDispleased puke]]''.
171	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'', [[Recap/Castlevania2017S1E4Monument "Monument"]]

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