Atheism Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“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

“For anyone with eyes to see, there can be no doubt that religious faith remains a perpetual source of human conflict. Religion persuades otherwise…

— Sam Harris

Religion gets in the way of morality.

— Kim Campbell

“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

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for…

— Mahatma Gandhi

In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity, but a frequent cause of it.

— Wendy Kaminer

Some people simply use their faith as a lexicon of behavioral reasoning; without that they would be forced to face their own moral and…

— Deborah Feldman

Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.

— Ernest Renan

Religion can be a good thing, but basically the way I look at it is that it provides a moral code, common sense. But…

— Donald Ray Pollock

At least in popular parlance, what makes religious folks religious today is not so much that they believe in Jesus' divinity or Buddhism's Four…

— Stephen Prothero

“I think we are entitled to at least three provisional conclusions. The first is that religion and the churches are manufactured, and that this…

— Christopher Hitchens

We [Americans] have secularized the public life of our country in such a way to say something is religious is something negative. Religion has…

— Francis George