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Religion Quotes by Voltaire
- I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
- Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
- Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
- As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
- Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.
- When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
- The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.
- God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
- theology is to religion what poisons are to food
- If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in…
- Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world
- The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that it seems to be independent of all law, all party,…
- When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
- Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother
- If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.
- God created sex. Priests created marriage.
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