Character Quote by George H. Smith

“Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and true interests. It is…

— Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach

“ONE OF THE most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal suffering.”

— Sam Harris

“Religion provides the solace for the turmoil that it creates.”

— Byron Danelius

“Always beware of turning religion into metaphysics: Morality is its essence.”

— Voltaire

“Religion is nothing more than bad concepts held in place of good ones for all time. It is denial - at once full of…

— Sam Harris

“Religion can endanger the life of the pious individual, as well as the lives of others.”

— Richard Dawkins

“Religion can thus be defined as a system of human norms and values that is founded on a belief in a superhuman order.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Religion invents a problem where none exists by describing the wicked as also made in the image of god and the sexually nonconformist as…

— Christopher Hitchens

“the moral and spiritual imperatives of religion are important for humanity and should not be relegated unthinkingly to the scrap heap of history in…

— Karen Armstrong

“Religion is a way of life, but knowing God is a way of living beyond yourself. It’s a relationship with a living, supernatural being.”

— Love Belvin

“Explaining the unknown should be left to science, questions of good and bad behavior can be answered by ethics, and inspiration is often found…

— David G. McAfee

“One of the most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal suffering. Religion…

— Sam Harris