Capable Quote by H. L. Mencken

The religions of mankind must be classed among the mass-delusions of this kind. No one, needless to say, who shares a delusion ever recognizes…

— Sigmund Freud

The religions are delusional constructs formed around an infallible core.

— Frederick Franck

It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth.

— Bertrand Russell

God could easily appear and clear up the global religious chaos and confusion. But a delusion can never appear in reality.

— Anonymous

Only in the last moment in history has the delusion arisen that people can flourish apart from the rest of the living world.

— E. O. Wilson

“Religion is not delusion, for most part it's therapeutic, but the notion that you're doomed if you don't pick a particular religion, is the…

— Abhijit Naskar

Despotism may be able to do without religion, but democracy cannot.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.

— Abdolkarim Soroush

A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence.

— Richard Dawkins

Given the ambiguity of religious texts and teachings, the mixed historical record, and the empirical evidence, it would be foolhardy to assert that religious…

— Kenneth D. Wald

Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and partly upon…

— Anthony Storr

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just…

— Anthony Storr