“No Quran, no Bible, no Gita, no Cow, is greater than the human self.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Divinity is in every culture, But no culture is pure divinity. Human divided is human undivine, Hatelessness is civilized divinity.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Any book that spreads weakness in the heart of one gender, and authoritarianism in the other, must be burnt to ashes.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“A religion that demands absolutely irrefutable obedience, is anything but religion.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Dehypnotize the world, my friend, and you shall witness the dawn of real religion – the religion, not of books, but of people.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“If a God tends to reinforce the prejudices in a society instead of diminishing them from the society, then such God is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The belief that the world was created yesterday seems to hold great appeal to those born at that time.” — Gary Malone Copy Share Image
“Any religion that does not evolve with time, either gets destroyed or destroys the world.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Any scripture that demands irrefutable obedience must be discarded at once.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“People fight over religion, because they don't understand religion. They think reading a few Bibles, Qurans and Vedas makes them religious. Books… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
While liberals are leery of religious fundamentalism in general, they consistently imagine that all religions at their core teach the same thing… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Discriminations suit animals, not humans. And yet, the unfortunate reality is, it is the humans that discriminate each other on the grounds… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“My statement to Harris that his book contains much to admire is specious hyperbole. In The End of Faith , Harris rails… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“Any individual whose conscience is pure and clear, who can think for himself or herself, is a musalman or muslim, regardless of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“People often ask me, what my religion is. I tell them, I am a Christian to the Christian, a Jew to the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The moment the religious population of the world begins to see the prophets what they really were - mortal teachers of the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Religious fundamentalism, even before it eliminates human beings by perpetrating horrendous killings, eliminates God himself, turning him into a mere ideological pretext. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“If you believe, God is the supreme creator of everything, then God is also the one who gave you a brain. Use… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
People will find some ways of identifying themselves, becoming associated with others, taking part in something. They're going to do it some… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Can you imagine, somebody telling you, your love for your dearly beloved is a sin! Can you imagine, somebody telling you, women… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“If one does not have the basic conscientious capacity to refute the primitive textual verses of the scriptures that demand one to… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Religion is all based on the mentality of "I'm right", but now today it's moved from even the question of "I'm right… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“Centurion Sermon (Sonnet 1005) Peace is an act of ceasefire, Peace is an act of disarmament. If you don't get this simple… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“An elder was one who took your soul, your will, into his soul and his will. When you choose an elder, you… — Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“To the representatives of theoretical Islam, i.e. Islamic fundamentalists, the Jews, the Christians, the Hindus, the Buddhists and all other humans who… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Religious fundamentalism advocates homophobia, misogyny, xenophobia, polygamy and many other primitive evils. Can you imagine, somebody telling you, your love for your… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“We don't have the luxury to say that, there is no hope for reform in Islam, because by saying this, we would… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Killing a bunch of Jihadis may be morally justified, to save humanity from their wrath, but it won't terminate Jihad for long.… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call “Nationalist Fundamentalism”, which is as dangerous as “Religious Fundamentalism”.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Christ the man died long ago, but Christ the idea of love, still exists, not in any church, rather in the mind… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Scriptures are meant to serve humanity, not humanity to serve scriptures.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I really don't want to offend anybody, but I find all forms of religious fundamentalism frightening. — Cody Fern Copy Share Image
“The greatest Church is within you, and it is made of love, courage and conscience.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Religious fundamentalism, magical thinking and self-delusion, have been justifications for some of the most horrific atrocities in human history.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular fundamentalism into a religious fundamentalism or the… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image