Quotes about religion
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 atheism firsts
(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment. Sandra Day O'Connor
religion church dangerous
To be of no Church is dangerous. Samuel Johnson
religion folks without-god
Without God, I don't see how folks cope. Reba McEntire
religion atheism wish
Those who wish to base their morality literally on the Bible have either not read it or not understood it... Richard Dawkins
religion atheism church
Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous. Robert Green Ingersoll
religion church denial
I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one form or other. The church is not a pioneer; it accepts a new truth, last of all, and only when denial has become useless.
religion atheism doctrine
Nothing could be more idiotic and absurd than the doctrine of the trinity.
religion immortal-soul doe
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.
religion denial facts
One thing I do know, and that is, that neither hope, nor fear, belief, nor denial, can change the fact. It is as it is, and it will be as it must be.
religion world phases
Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing.
religion doubt atheism
Too much doubt is better than too much credulity.
religion facts
What has religion to do with facts? Nothing.
religion atheism world
It has always seemed to me that a being coming from another world, with a message of infinite importance to mankind, should at least have verified that message by his own signature. Is it not wonderful that not one word was written by Christ?
religion atheism world
Do you not know that every religion in the world has declared every other religion a fraud? Yes, we all know it. That is the time all religions tell the truth - each of the other.
religion atheism slavery
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.
religion atheism prejudice
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
religion-of-islam messengers quran
There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is God's messenger. Saddam Hussein
religion unhappy dangerous
Without religion the highest endowments of intellect can only render the possessor more dangerous if he be ill disposed; if well disposed, only more unhappy. Robert Southey
religion spirit spirituality
It must be this rhapsody or none, The rhapsody of things as they are. Wallace Stevens
religion atheism serious
There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them. Werner Heisenberg
religion sound one-sentence
If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it. Salman Rushdie