Religionists Quotes

There may be a conflict between softminded religionists and toughminded scientists, but not between science and religion.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Religionists want religion's placement on the pedestal of respect preserved by any means. But religion deserves no respect. Rather, it has earned…

— David Silverman

“Religionists claim that their truth is absolute and rock solid, while scientists concede that their truth is tentative and relative.”

— C. W. Dalton

Artists and religionists are never far apart, they go to the sources of revelation for what they choose to experience and what…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

“Religionists have a perceived need, planted there as a part of the brainwashing they’ve received. They need no religion, but they think…

— David Silverman

In all places, and in all times, those religionists who have believed too much have been more inclined to violence and persecution…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Religionists are clinging to little, positive, verbal, formal versions of the moral law... while the laws of the Law, the great circling…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rational people, anti-religionists, must end their timidity and come out of the closet and assert themselves. And those who consider themselves only…

— Bill Maher

“New religionists, such as Williams, Dawkins, and Wilson, regard people and all other organisms as the helpless puppets, tools, or vehicles, of…

— David C. Stove

“Theologians, and religionists in general, start with a fantasy premise and then proceed to apply rigorous formal logic to tease out its…

— Andrew Bernstein

“Urging the need for community upon American religionists is a vain enterprise; the experiential encounter with Jesus or God is too overwhelming…

— Harold Bloom

“We all know that any emotional bias -- irrespective of truth or falsity -- can be implanted by suggestion in the emotions…

— H.P. Lovecraft

“The religionists are the enemies of liberty, and the friends of liberty attack religion; the high-minded and the noble advocate bondage, and…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“When Dr. James Young Simpson sought to apply anesthesia to a woman in childbirth, the clergymen of his day foamed at the…

— Joseph Lewis

“Anesthesia was discovered. Do you know what it means to relieve man of his pain and suffering? Anesthesia is the most humane…

— Joseph Lewis