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    Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.

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Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet
From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low,
Lest read more

Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet
From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low,
Lest I should fear and fall, and miss Thee so
Who art not missed by any that entreat.

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As if Religion were intended
For nothing else but to be mended.

As if Religion were intended
For nothing else but to be mended.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Religion Quotes,
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We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense that we respect his theory that his wife read more

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Religion Quotes,
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A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion.

A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Religion Quotes,
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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

by Edgar Allan Poe Found in: Religion Quotes,
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

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The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience
to the will of the Sovereign of read more

The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience
to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in His
declarations, and in imitation of His perfections.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Religion Quotes,
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Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Religion Quotes,
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By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

by Albert Schweitzer Found in: Religion Quotes,
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