How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.

As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as read more

As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.

All the gods are dead except the god of war.

All the gods are dead except the god of war.

The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.

The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." read more

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.

And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.

It is wrong always, everywhere and for everyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

It is wrong always, everywhere and for everyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with read more

Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.