“The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims to embody a new revelation from on high, is not a frequent occurrence.”
— Robert Rainy
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It is possible that mankind is on
“It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.”
— Bertrand Russell
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Religion is one dimension of culture, a
“Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.”
— Francis Arinze
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Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter
“Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate.”
— Cliff Stearns
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If you are part of a religion
“If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.”
— Brian Eno
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There is no religion in which everyday
“There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.”
— Eugene Ionesco
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Religion has to stay in the heart,
“Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
“Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.”
— Edmund Burke
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The restriction of religion to private life
“The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority.”
— Phillip E. Johnson
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It was part of your religion to
“It was part of your religion to hate the British.”
— Rebecca Harding Davis
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I was just then going through a
“I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth; religion had become for me not so much a possession as an obsession, which I was trying to throw off, and this iconoclastic tale of an imaginary tribe was the result.”
— Laurence Housman
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