Quotes about religion
religion church augustine
It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Sam Harris
religion bunk
Religion is all bunk. Thomas A. Edison
religion essentials knows
The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary. Simone Weil
religion
Properly speaking, all true work is religion. Thomas Carlyle
religion serious common
The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning. Stephen Jay Gould
religion neurosis psychiatry
Religion (is) a universal obsessional neurosis. Sigmund Freud
religion kind share
The religions of mankind must be classed among the mass-delusions of this kind. No one, needless to say, who shares a delusion ever recognizes it as such...
religion doctrine stories
There is an old, old story about a theologian who was asked to reconcile the Doctrine of Divine Mercy with the doctrine of infant damnation. 'The Almighty,' he explained, 'finds it necessary to do things in His official and public capacity which in His private and personal capacity He deplores. Robert A. Heinlein
religion priests function
Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly.
religion splits may
God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.
religion ingredients categories
The basic ingredients of psychotherapy are religion, rhetoric, and repression, which are themselves mutually overlapping categories. Thomas Szasz
religion world treasure
A stranger here Strange things doth meet, strange glories see; Strange treasures lodged in this fair world appear, Strange all, and new to me. But that they mine should be, who nothing was, That strangest is of all, yet brought to pass. Thomas Traherne
religion culture hearing
The reason to get in touch with the culture is not to adopt it but to engage it for the same reasons a missionary does... to gain a hearing for the gospel. Reggie McNeal
religion littles
No religion but blasphemes a little. Victor Hugo
religion against-religion
I am for religion, against religions.
religion agnostic
Don't be agnostic - be something. Robert Frost
religion devil credit
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. Thomas Paine
religion made articles
No falsehood is so fatal as that which is made an article of faith.
religion atheism detest
I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel.
religion theology
Science is the true theology.
religion farce
The NT, compared with the Old, is like a farce of one act...
religion church connections
The adulterous connection between church and state...
religion priests trade
Priests and conjurors are of the same trade.
religion world christianity
Of all the tyrannies that effect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity.
religion desire proposal
. . . I fail to find a trace [in Protestantism] of any desire to set reason free. The most that can be discovered is a proposal to change masters. From being a slave of the papacy, the intellect was to become the serf of the Bible. Thomas Huxley
religion sin blind
Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.
religion elements pieces
There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. Thomas Browne
religion lovers
The lovers of God have no religion but God alone. Rumi
religion assumption should
...we are entitled to make almost any reasonable assumption, but should resist making conclusions until evidence requires that we do so. Steve Allen
religion atheism balance
On balance the moral influence of religion has been awful. Steven Weinberg
religion atheism seems
The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.
religion doubt atheism
Who knows most, doubts most. Robert Browning
religion liberty foundation
Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness. Samuel Adams