Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

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.

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.

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to say.

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to say.

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

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.

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.