“In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.”
— Anna Jameson
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“I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”
— Frederick Douglass
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“When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may.”
— Joseph Lancaster
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“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion.”
— Roy Moore
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“A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory.”
— Richard Dawkins
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“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.”
— Dalai Lama
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“Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose.”
— Azar Nafisi
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“Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.”
— H. L. Mencken
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“The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events.”
— Cat Stevens
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“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
— Galileo Galilei
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