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> [Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First Amendment, we should recall, forbids Congress both from establishing laws designating a state religion and from abridging freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/religion-should-be-subject-to-commonsense-appraisal-and-rational/)

[Jeffrey Tayler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-tayler/)

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## More by Jeffrey Tayler

> [“I fear no hell, just as I expect no heaven. Nabokov summed up a nonbeliever’s view of the cosmos, and our place in it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/i-fear-no-hell-just-as-i-expect-no-heaven-nabokov-summed-up-a/)

[Jeffrey Tayler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-tayler/)

> [Not taking the Bible (or other texts based on 'revealed truths') literally leaves it up to the reader to cherry-pick elements for belief. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/not-taking-the-bible-or-other-texts-based-on-revealed-truths/)

[Jeffrey Tayler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-tayler/)

> [“Killing, raping and looting have been common practices in religious societies, and often carried out with clerical sanction. The catalogue of notorious barbarities –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/killing-raping-and-looting-have-been-common-practices-in-religious/)

[Jeffrey Tayler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-tayler/)

> [“Aging and the prospect of dying by no means enhance the attractiveness of fictitious comforts to come in paradise, or the veracity of malicious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/aging-and-the-prospect-of-dying-by-no-means-enhance-the/)

[Jeffrey Tayler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-tayler/)

> [“I’ve often wondered how the term “'New Atheism”' gained such currency. It is a misnomer. There is nothing new about nonbelief. All of us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/i-ve-often-wondered-how-the-term-new-atheism-gained-such-currency-it/)

[Jeffrey Tayler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-tayler/)

> [A purpose derived from a false premise - that a deity has ordained submission to his will - cannot merit respect. The pursuit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/a-purpose-derived-from-a-false-premise-that-a-deity-has-ordained/)

[Jeffrey Tayler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-tayler/)

> [Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First Amendment, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/religion-should-be-subject-to-commonsense-appraisal-and-rational/)

[Jeffrey Tayler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-tayler/)

> [My writing derived from the conviction I conceived during my college years: one should lead one's life as if one were the protagonist of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/my-writing-derived-from-the-conviction-i-conceived-during-my-college/)

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