Century Quote by C. V. Wedgwood

“any system of morals which has a theological basis becomes one of the tools by which the holders of power preserve their authority and…

— S.T. Joshi

It is important to bear in mind the now commonly accepted fact that in its primitive stages, religion had nothing to do with morals…

— James Henry Breasted

Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.

— Frans de Waal

Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.

— Jonathan Sacks

“Kant was right; morality did in the eighteenth century, as a matter of historical fact, presuppose something very like the teleological scheme of God,…

— Alasdair C. MacIntyre

History showed that many people had lost their respect for any religion that had relied upon the support of government to spread its faith.

— Hugo Black

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues.

— Huston Smith

“the modern religions of secular salvation have undermined their own main assumption: that the future would be materially superior to the present. Nothing less…

— Pankaj Mishra

Today religion is increasingly pushed aside by secularizing influences such as the university, the media, and politics. Rather than having a major voice in…

— Paul Copan

“Education is fundamentally religious. Consequently, there is no question about whether a morality will be imposed in that education, but rather which morality will…

— Douglas Wilson

It was morality that burned the books of the ancient sages, and morality that halted the free inquiry of the Golden Age and substituted…

— H. L. Mencken

“Religion and ethics were not always - or even frequently - mutually compatible. The demands of religious absolutism or fundamentalism or rampaging relativism often…

— Dan Simmons