Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain
Mark Twain
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Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.
Steven Weinberg
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The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.
Georgia Harkness
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I realized that ritual will always mean throwing away something;
Destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Jonathan Swift
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If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.
Voltaire
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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
Dalai Lama
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Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"
Annie Dillard
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No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means
George Bernard Shaw
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The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example
Mark Twain
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When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
Anais Nin
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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
Mahatma Gandhi
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All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
Stendhal
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For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm
Voltaire
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
Larry Flynt
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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
Lynn Lavner
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