Many of them [people who escaped religion] recounted both the terror and the relief they felt after leaving religion behind. Terror at realizing there was no longer an imaginary friend; relief that no one was looking over their shoulder any… — 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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