Believe Quote by Anonymous

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind.

— H. L. Mencken

“One of the most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal suffering. Religion…

— Sam Harris

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in…

— Felix Adler

Ethical religion affirms the continuity of progress toward moral perfection. It affirms that the spiritual development of the human race cannot be prematurely cut…

— Felix Adler

“What I was referring to was not religion as such, but a special category of abstractions, the most exalted one, which, for centuries, had…

— Ayn Rand

All the world’s major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness, can and do promote inner values. But the reality…

— Dalai Lama

while religion is ethical, it by no means follows that ethics is religion.

— Georgia Harkness

Religion is ... the most pernicious single influence in human society, without one redeeming feature.

— Theodore Schroeder

Over the centuries, we've moved on from Scripture to accumulate precepts of ethical, legal and moral philosophy. We've evolved a liberal consensus of what…

— Richard Dawkins

All the world's major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But the reality…

— Dalai Lama

Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands…

— Jon Meacham

Whereas religions may serve a benign purpose by letting many people feel comfortable with the level of morality they themselves can attain, no religion…

— Daniel Dennett