Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gorton ya kasance Kirista mai suna aƙalla a farkon rayuwarsa, amma ba ya zuwa coci. Wasu kafofin sun bayyana shi a matsayin wanda bai san Allah ba ko kuma ma bai yarda da wanzuwar Allah ba. Ya halarci makarantun Anglican, kuma ra'ayoyin gurguzu na kirista na James Ralph Darling, shugaban makarantarsa a Geelong Grammar ya rinjayi shi. A wani jawabi a shekara ta 1948, Gorton ya ce "labarin Kiristanci shi ne mafi ban mamaki a tarihin duniya". Duk da haka, a cikin jagorancin zaben raba gardama na 1999
ya fito fili ya yi adawa da ambaton Allah a cikin gabatarwar. A cewar marubucin tarihin rayuwarsa Ian Hancock: "Gorton ba zai iya zama mai imani ba, balle ya zama Kirista mai aikatawa, kuma lokacin da yake magana game da addinin 'ruhi' ba shi da wani imani na musamman. Maimakon haka, an kafa addininsa ne bisa umurnin da ke cikin Littafin Kubawar Shari'a: 'Ba da gurasa kaɗai mutum zai rayu ba.' "