Religion Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

10 Religion quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

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Lovecraft’s cosmic horror lens extends to his thoughts on faith, producing a set of unsettling, thought‑provoking lines. Though brief, the collection captures his signature blend of dread and philosophical speculation.

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Religion struck me so vague a thing at best, that I could perceive no advantage of any one system over any other.

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I have never been able to soothe myself with the sugary delusions of religion; for these things stand convicted of the utmost…

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Very few minds are strictly normal, and all religious fanatics are marked with abnormalities of various sorts.

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Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed…

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Religion as a vital issue is dead except on paper, and whatever beauty-baiting the future may witness will be the work of…

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Religion itself is an absurdity and an anomaly, and paganism is acceptable only because it represents that purely orgiastic phase of religion…

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The very fact that religions are not content to stand on their own feet, but insist on crippling or warping the flexible…

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If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on…

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The phenomenon of dreaming ... helped to build up the notion of an unreal or spiritual world; and in general, all the…

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An excellent habit to cultivate is the analytical study of the King James Bible. For simple yet rich and forceful English, this…

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