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Religions Quotes (page 52)

Jonathan Kellerman quote: "Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's..."
Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's pessimism?" I said."Religion without God. Jonathan Kellerman
There are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumphs; a good deed is its own reward; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness. Frank Herbert
[He] saw that a peculiar expression had come into his nephew's face; an expression a little like that of a young hindu fakir who having settled himself on his first bed of spikes is beginning to wish that he had chosen one of the easier religions. P. G. Wodehouse
David Hume quote: "A little philosophy makes a man an Atheist: a great deal..."
A little philosophy makes a man an Atheist: a great deal converts him to religion David Hume
Isaac Asimov quote: "It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has..."
It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold. Isaac Asimov
The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma. Abraham Lincoln
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there's no place for it in the endeavor of science. We do not know beforehand where fundamental insights will arise from about our mysterious and lovely solar system. The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources. Carl Sagan
It is said, in this country, that if a man can arrange his religion so that it perfectly satisfies his conscience, it is not incumbent upon him to care whether the arrangement is satisfactory to anyone else or not. Mark Twain
The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty is imposed on the historian. He must discover the inevitable mixture of error and corruption which she contracted in a long residence upon Earth, among a weak and degenerate race of beings. Edward Gibbon
They also held that the way to salvation was to give way to lust and temptation in all things. And no greater percentage of them turned up here than of any other religion. Amusing, isn't it? Neil Gaiman
There is nothing in our book, the Qur'an, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone lays a hand on you, send him to the cemetery. Malcolm X
So that, in effect, religion, which should most distiguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational and mere senseless than beasts themselves John Locke
Tad Williams quote: "Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western..."
...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce. Tad Williams
I believe the defenders of intelligent design deserve our gratitude for challenging a scientific world view that owes some of the passion displayed by its adherents precisely to the fact that it is thought to liberate us from religion. That world view is ripe for displacement.... Thomas Nagel
Richard Dawkins quote: "Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into..."
Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings. Richard Dawkins

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