Humans Quote by Doug Stanhope

Religion is the retarded stepchild of philosophy.

— Frank Mir

“Religion retards intellectual growth, represses individual thought, is the adversary of science, the restraint against invention and the stalwart of what would otherwise advance…

— Al Stefanelli

For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain.

— Gene Roddenberry

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate,…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“It is now established by verifiable evidence that religion stultifies the brain and is the great obstacle in the path of intellectual progress. The…

— Joseph Lewis

The careful student of history will discover that Christianity has been of very little value in advancing civilization, but has done a great deal…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

Religion is simply art bastardized out of all recognition.

— Lawrence Durrell

Religions, themselves, are (intellectual) blasphemies.

— Kedar Joshi

I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

— Douglas Adams

But in order to have an adult faith, most of us have to outgrow and unlearn much of what we were taught about religion.

— Kathleen Norris

I know too much about religion to be religious, so to speak, and I am not that stupid, either.

— Varg Vikernes

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

— Auguste Comte