Age Quote by Christopher Hitchens

That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with…

— Charles Tupper

There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious.

— Polly Toynbee

We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself.…

— Maria Montessori

Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education.

— Auguste Comte

Religious education is only valuable intellectually, if the child is educated in a religion versus [just] about a religion. I don't believe you can…

— Susan Jacoby

The world is not religious because religion is imposed upon us. The parents are in a hurry to impose; the church, the state, the…

— Rajneesh

Education ought everywhere to be religious education. At the same time, parents are farther bound to employ no instructors who will not educate their…

— Timothy Dwight V

“It would be unjust toward children to introduce them to Christian teaching and existence only as little pagans and catechumens, in order to leave…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

Casting an eye on the education of children, from whence I can make a judgment of my own, I observe they are instructed in…

— George Berkeley

We know that if religion is allowed into schools, pupils will sometimes begin to question the teaching they receive.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

“What could possibly cause billions of human beings to reconsider their religious beliefs? And yet, it is obvious that an utter revolution in our…

— Sam Harris

In my early life, and probably even today, it is not sufficiently understood that a child's education should include at least a rudimentary grasp…

— Phyllis Bottome