RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts and questions while fools are so certain about things. — Shannon L Alder Copy Share Image
I'd like to see atheism represented not only as an intelligent choice, but common sense. It shouldn't take years of study to… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma. — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
Religion is based upon blind faith supported by no evidence. Science is based upon confidence that results from evidence - and that… — James Randi Copy Share Image
“Religious dogma not only results in the form of gross, zealous behavior such as the killing of ethnic minorities as part of… — Martin Dansky Copy Share Image
You can't go to church without praying ten or fifteen times for God to have mercy on you. You can't sing "Amazing… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Hinduism ... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
I'm totally changed. I've been emancipated from all this Republican dogma. Whether it's being anti-immigration, being-anti gay, being militaristic and wanting to… — Thomas Ravenel Copy Share Image
“If you do not want to stop the wheels of progress; if you do not want to go back to the Dark… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“She was not only unable to make the least allowance for a divergence from this way, but utterly unable to conceive that… — Charles Robert Maturin Copy Share Image
Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
The most effective way to close down the human mind and to manipulate its sense of self is to program into it… — David Icke Copy Share Image
Certitude leads to violence. This is a proposition that has an easy application and a difficult one. The easy application is to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is a joyous thing essentially, but when you bind life by all these rigid moralities and traditions, and dogmas and creeds,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
It is music that welds spiritual and sensual, that can convey ecstasy free of guilt, faith without dogma, love as homage, and… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The Middle Ages were an era of mysticism, ruled by blind faith and blind obedience to the dogma that faith is superior… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that "slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice;" while I… — James Henry Hammond Copy Share Image
Mutual tolerance is the stepping stone to mutual respect. A hospitable mind is the key to a neighboring or an alien spirit,… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
“This doctrine of forgiveness of sin is a premium on crime. 'Forgive us our sins' means "Let us continue in our iniquity."… — Anonymous Copy Share Image