--- title: "6 Religion Ought Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Religion Ought quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Religion Ought sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/anna-julia-cooper-14164_action_religion-ought-to-be-if-it-isn-t-a-great_328960.jpg" --- > [... religion (ought to be if it isn't) a great deal more than mere gratification of the instinct for worship linked with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/religion-ought-to-be-if-it-isn-t-a-great-deal-more-than-mere/) [Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/anna-julia-cooper-14164_action_religion-ought-to-be-if-it-isn-t-a-great_328960.jpg) > [Surely the ass who invented the first religion ought to be the first ass damned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/surely-the-ass-who-invented-the-first-religion-ought-to-be-the-first/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/mark-twain-22_ass_surely-the-ass-who-invented-the-first-re_491051.png) > [“To my thinking, a woman’s religion ought not to lessen her devotion to her earthly lord.  She should have enough to purify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/to-my-thinking-a-woman-s-religion-ought-not-to-lessen-her-devotion-to/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/anne-bronte-1444_religion_to-my-thinking-a-woman-s-religion-ought_1867409.jpg) > [Violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/violent-irrational-intolerant-allied-to-racism-and-tribalism-and/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/christopher-hitchens-117_bigotry_violent-irrational-intolerant-allied-to_2001198.jpg) > [Waiving the rights of conscience, not included in the surrender implied by the social state, & more or less invaded by all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/waiving-the-rights-of-conscience-not-included-in-the-surrender/) [James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/james-madison-373_christian_waiving-the-rights-of-conscience-not-inc_2146557.jpg) > [“Music expresses both in lyrics and in tune something of the orientation of the composer and author as to what the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-godfrey/music-expresses-both-in-lyrics-and-in-tune-something-of-the/) [Robert Godfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-godfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/robert-godfrey-44334_books_music-expresses-both-in-lyrics-and-in-tu_2925224.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-ought/#itemlist", "name": "Religion Ought Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... religion (ought to be if it isn't) a great deal more than mere gratification of the instinct for worship linked with the straight-teaching of irreproachable credos. 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