“The church may update its techniques and methods, but it is always in service of the institutional organism. This is one of the reasons why the pedophile priest issue is and will remain an endemic disease in the Catholic Church.” — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
Simply disabling specific critical thinking skills is all that is necessary for the god virus [to take control of a person]. — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
“Deprivation or overstimulation, combined with fear and peer pressure, are the conversion tools of many religions. A loud Pentecostal service, an Evangelical revival, a… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
We acquire both the language and religious concepts from our immediate culture – at the same time. A child cannot discriminate between useful survival… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
“What did you know about sex before you started engaging in intercourse? That is rhe level of knowledge a priest has unless he is… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
Islam has some of the best defenses against other god viruses and has the potential to be more parasitically aggressive when consolidating political power… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
Religion has the capacity to silence critical thinking and create blindness in entire groups of people. It can infect the minds of followers so… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
Just as the chicken pox virus continues to live quietly in the body after the disease is gone, the god virus may live quietly… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
“Religion is evolving to survive but is losing the battle in many regions, largely because of the Internet. Sexual information is far more available… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
Education is the key to perpetuation of the [god] virus for the Taliban, Baptist or Catholic. If the virus cannot control public education, it… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
“the more educated and financially successful, the less religious a person is likely to be.” — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
“It is not very romantic, but reality is a better basis for building a relationship than fantasizing about a soul mate or counting on… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
The lancet fluke (Dicrocoelium) infects the brain of ants by taking control and driving them to climb to the top of a blade of… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
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