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Quotes about religion: Authors with names Q to Z
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Religious quotes, authors with names beginning with Q to Z:
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Bertrand Russell:
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"My conclusion is that there is no reason
to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that
there is no reason to wish that they were true. Man, in so far as he is
not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The
responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity."
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"Religion is something left over from the infancy of our
intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as
our guidelines."
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"Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder
if cruelty and religion have gone hand-in-hand. It is because fear
is at the basis of those two things. In this world we can now begin
a little to understand things, and a little to master them by the
help of science, which has forced its way step by step against the
Christian religion, against the churches, and against the opposition
of all the old precepts."
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Mitch Sharp, posting a comment to an article on AddictingInfo.org: "Religion is a construct of man created to assuage the fear of the unknown (death) and control the masses. It still serves no other purpose."
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Seneca: "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by
the wise as false, and by rulers as useful."
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John Shelby Spong:
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"Religion is primarily a search for
security and not a search for truth. Religion is what we so often use to
bank the fires of our anxiety. That is why religion tends toward
becoming excessive, neurotic, controlling and even evil. That is why a
religious government is always a cruel government. People need to
understand that questioning and doubting are healthy, human activities
to be encouraged not to be feared. Certainly is a vice not a virtue.
Insecurity is something to be grasped and treasured. A true and healthy
religious system will encourage each of these activities. A sick and
fearful religious system will seek to remove them." 1
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"True religion is not about possessing the truth. No religion does
that. It is rather an invitation into a journey that leads one toward
the mystery of God. Idolatry is religion pretending that it has all the
answers." 2
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Jon Stewart: "You have confused a war on your religion with not always getting what you want."
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Farrell Till: "Information is religion's greatest enemy, and
in an age when information is just a few keyboard strokes away from anyone
with a computer, this is going to pose a greater threat to Christianity than
anything it has yet 'survived.' "
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Mark Twain: "The altar cloth of one aeon is the doormat of
the next."
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Jesse Ventura: Governor of Minnesota, 1999, in an interview with Playboy: "Organized religion is a sham
and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses
in other people's business."
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Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet [1694-1778]): "If there
were only one religion in England, there would be danger of tyranny; if
there were two, they would cut each other's throats; but there are
thirty, and they live happily together in peace." from "On the
Church of England"
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Neal Donald Walsch:
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"It is religion which has filled the hearts of men with fear
of God, where once man loved that which is in all its splendor. It
is religion which has ordered men to bow down before God where once
man rose up in joyful outreach. It is religion which has burdened
man with worries about God's wrath where once man sought God to
lighten his burden. It is religion which told man to be ashamed of
his body and its most natural functions where once man celebrated
those functions as the greatest gifts of life."
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"Everywhere religion has gone it has created disunity."
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Alan Watts: from "The Essence of Alan Watts series - GOD":
Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they
worship the Bible, making it an idol..."
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Steven Weinberg, Nobel Laureate: "Religion is an insult to
human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good
things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil
things, it takes religion."
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WhatMormonsDontTell.com: "Belief without proof is faith;
Belief in spite of proof is folly."
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Israel Zangwill: "Scratch a Christian, and you find the pagan -- spoiled." |
References used:
- John Shelby Spong, "Q&A on biblical criticism," weekly mailing, 2005-JUN-15.
- John Shelby Spong, "Q&A on The Parliament of the World's
Religions," weekly mailing, 2007-SEP-05.
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