Human nature Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“Religion doesn't just cloud our minds. It asks us to deliberately deceive ourselves-- to replace reason with its opposite, faith. And when men operate…

— James L. Sutter

“The tendency to turn human judgements into divine commands turns religion into one of the most dangerous forces in the world.”

— Georgia Harkness

“In the matters of religion, it is very hard to deceive a man, and very hard to undeceive him.”

— Pierre Bayle

“Religion is an infectious and contagious virus. It can infect everyone if they don’t have immunity provided by pure knowledge and pure wisdom.”

— Debasish Mridha

“men are strangely inclined to worship what they do not understand. A grand secret, upon which several imposers on mankind have totally relied for…

— Henry Fielding

“I was glad that our venerable, almost formless religions, drained of all intransigence and purged of savage rites, linked us mysteriously to the most…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

Men imitate the gods whom they adore, and to such miserable beings their crimes become their religion.

— Cyprian

“fear,confess,business,limited knowledge makes religion”

— er.teji

“Fear and confession for the fear of unknown,business to fulfill greeds, limited knowledge makes religion for humans”

— Er.Teji

“Hence a certain tension between religion and society marks the higher stages of every civilization. Religion begins by offering magical aid to harassed and…

— Will Durant

“a religion of human goodness will never sustain a people in times of disaster and threat.”

— Michael S. Horton

“Religion can thus be defined as a system of human norms and values that is founded on a belief in a superhuman order.”

— Yuval Noah Harari