Faith Quote by Edward O. Wilson

“That so many of us are still dying on account of ancient myths is as bewildering as it is horrible and our own attachment…

— Sam Harris

“[Religious belief is] outmoded and ridiculous. [Belief in gods was a] worn out but once useful crutch in mankind's journey towards truth. We consider…

— P.W. Atkins

Many traditional religions foster attitudes that ought to have disappeared as biological understanding accumulated over the last century.

— George C. Williams

Religious traditions hold enormous value, extraordinary wisdom, breathtaking insights into the human experience, but they are limited to the degree that there has not…

— Neale Donald Walsch

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief.

— Oscar Wilde

“Myths are compost. They begin as religions, the most deeply held of beliefs, or as the stories that accrete to religions as they grow.”

— Neil Gaiman

“The major religions do, after all, boast some very sophisticated and subtle philosophical and spiritual traditions,”

— David Bentley Hart

The great myth that many social scientists want to encourage is that there is an incompatibility between modern technology and traditional religion. This is…

— Rodney Stark

“there is great danger that modern culture, progressing in its anti-supernaturalistic course, will be stirred against the steadfastness of believers and attempt to accomplish…

— Herman Bavinck

“In a world beset by fundamentalists of both believing and secular varieties, it must be possible to balance a rejection of religious faith with…

— Alain de Botton

Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

— E. O. Wilson