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The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.
Edward Gibbon1737–1794The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1 (1776), Ch. 2
- History
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
Karl Marx1818–1883A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction (1844)
- Anti-Religion
In so far as religion makes its appeal to fear, it is lowering to human dignity.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Education and the Social Order (1932), p. 107
- Anti-Religion
- Fear
Zeus, n. The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- America
- Comedy
A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past, or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Why I Am Not a Christian (1927)
- Anti-Religion
- Knowledge
Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.
Neil Gaimanborn 1960American Gods (2001), Ch. 3
- Ideas
Religion & Govt. will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
James Madison1751–1836Letter to Edward Livingston (10 July 1822)
- Government
Here saw I a great oneing betwixt Christ and us, to mine understanding: for when He was in pain, we were in pain.
Julian of Norwich1342–1416Revelations of Divine Love, Eighth Revelation, Ch. 18
- Christianity
It’s a big question. Getting rid of religion would be a good start, wouldn’t it? It seems to be causing a lot of havoc.
Björkborn 1965When asked “Given the chance, how would you change the world?” (The Independent, 18 March 2005.)
- Anti-Religion
The gods conform scrupulously to the sentiments of their worshippers: they have reasons for so doing.
Anatole France1844–1924The White Stone (1905), Ch. III, p. 135
- Anti-Religion
I don’t know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves “Our Lady of Perpetual Astonishment.”
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007A Man Without a Country (2005)
- Comedy
The most important message of a crucifix, to me anyway, was how unspeakably cruel supposedly sane human beings can be when under orders from a superior authority.
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007Hocus Pocus (1990)
- Christianity
- Good & Evil
Religion amplifies the good and evil tendencies of individual souls.
Freeman Dyson1923–2020Progress In Religion (2000)
- Good & Evil
Your thought advocates Judaism, Brahmanism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. In my thought there is only one universal religion, whose varied paths are but the fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being.
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931Your Thought and Mine
- God
Blasphemy is what an old mistake says of a newly discovered truth.
Robert G. Ingersoll1833–1899The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887)
- Anti-Religion
- Truth & Lies