America Quote by Erich Fromm

One of the strange phenomena of the last century is the spectacle of religion dropping the appeal of fear while other human interests have…

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

the biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself.

— Diane Ackerman

“A historic transition is occurring, barely noticed. Slowly, quietly, imperceptibly, religion is shriveling in America, as it has done in Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan…

— James A. Haught

One of the greatest dangers is secular religion - state worship.

— Noam Chomsky

With each passing year, people of faith grow increasingly distressed by the hostility of public institutions toward religious expression. We have witnessed the steady…

— Ralph E. Reed, Jr

“Religious illiteracy is more dangerous because religion is the most volatile constituent of culture, because religion has been, in addition to one of the…

— Stephen R. Prothero

“Look at the most religious areas of the world at present - the Middle East and the United States. These are sick societies, and…

— J.G. Ballard

I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.

— Mary Douglas

There is only that inevitable danger as long as there is lack of understanding; but the moment the individual understands, there will be no…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third great religious wave in American history.

— Tom Wolfe

Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.

— Mitch Horowitz

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use…

— Larry Flynt