Aphorism Quote by Dahlia Lithwick

“The great trouble with religion - any religion - is that a religionist, having accepted certain propositions by faith, cannot thereafter judge those propositions…

— Anonymous

In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination

— Mark Twain

“In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities.”

— Mark Twain

In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination.

— Mark Twain

“One cannot exchange ideas with a rational person any more than one can argue with a religious fanatic.”

— A. Manette Ansay

The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a religious philosophy - and it does not matter whether…

— Steve Allen

The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a religious philosophy - and it does not matter whether…

— Steve Allen

“Religious beliefs are sometimes based not on testimony by others but on religious experiences of the believer.”

— Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.

— Benjamin Whichcote

As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“(what myths of any religion are rational?).”

— John H. Martin

All religious beliefs seem weird to people not brought up in them.

— Richard Dawkins