"[priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion,……" — David Hume

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• A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
• To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
• It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. — Mary Astell
• A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
• Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
• I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal… — Francis Bacon
• Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased… — Francis Bacon
• You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. — Tammy Faye Bakker
• People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery,… — Mikhail Bakunin
• Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the… — Douglas Adams
• Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. — Brigitte Bardot
• Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey

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