Believer Quote by Amanda Marcotte

“One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected.…

— H.L. Mencken

Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and show that they are…

— Christopher Hitchens

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics…

— Sam Harris

Among the more irritating consequences of our flagrantly religious society is the special dispensation that mainstream religions receive. We all may talk about religion…

— Natalie Angier

In our day, you can mock religion in public and even get funds for doing it. But you can't show respect for religion in…

— Charles Colson

All I'm arguing for really is that we should have a conversation where the best ideas really thrive, where there's no taboo against criticizing…

— Sam Harris

You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.

— Hamza Yusuf

“For anyone with eyes to see, there can be no doubt that religious faith remains a perpetual source of human conflict. Religion persuades otherwise…

— Sam Harris

Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First Amendment, we…

— Jeffrey Tayler

Religion embarrasses the commentators. It is offbounds. An editor of the old Life magazine once assigned me a book on religion with remark that…

— Garry Wills

We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it.

— Richard Dawkins

Bad Religion has never been about criticizing people who are Christian. But we've always been about pointing out the irony and contradictions in Christian…

— Greg Graffin