Ancestor Quote by Frans de Waal

“Because we imagine that we are what humanity was divinely destined to become, we assume that our prehistoric ancestors were trying to be us,…

— daniel quinn

The modern period adds social ethics to religions agenda, for we now realize that social structures are not like laws of nature. They are…

— Huston Smith

I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware…

— E. O. Wilson

“The established religions no longer ask fundamental questions about our identity and our reason for living. Instead, they concentrate purely on a series of…

— Paulo Coelho

“In the course of life, all such systems (i.e., the different evolutionary ridges) are somewhat functionally interdependent, as are components within each system (i.e.,…

— Scott Atran

“Religion arose as an effort to explicate the inexplicable, control the uncontrollable, make bearable the unbearable. Belief in a higher power became the most…

— Douglas Preston

“also review the general history of religion and how we saw a rapid acceleration of intellectual and social human progress only after religion’s influence…

— Alan Jeskin

I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind. I say that it has been a detriment to the progress of…

— Culbert Olson

“attempting to understand what could have eroded our sense of community, an important role has traditionally been accorded to the privatization of religious belief…

— Alain de Botton

If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.

— Emile Durkheim

It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should therefore leave…

— William James

That religion may have served some necessary function for us in the past does not preclude the possibility that it is now the greatest…

— Sam Harris