Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and read more

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
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G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be
An atheist clean,
Than under gospel colours hid be,
Just for a screen.

The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform read more

The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and
true religion.

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and
true religion.

People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites read more

The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion read more

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.