Force Quote by Linda Colley

The new source of divisiveness is the assault of secularism on religion.

— William Bennett

Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious.

— Ronald Knox

Is religion a force for good? The evidence of history and the evidence of current events cast doubt on the truism.

— James A. Haught

“Incompatible religious doctrines have balkanized our world into separate moral communities, and these divisions have become a continuous source of bloodshed. Indeed, religion is…

— Sam Harris

“The oft-cited charge that belief in God and religion has led to more wars and evil than anything else is as untrue as it…

— Dennis Prager

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets…

— Huston Smith

The religions whose theology is least preoccupied with events in time and most concerned with eternity, have been consistently less violent and more humane…

— Aldous Huxley

As a means of motivating people to be cruel or inhumane-as a means of inciting evil, to borrow the vocabulary of the devout-there may…

— Jon Krakauer

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

— Mary Douglas

Religion by itself was not meant to be a divisive tool. All of our religious teachings have similar rules, such as a commitment to…

— Leymah Gbowee

“Indeed, religion is as much a living spring of violence today as it was at any time in the past. The recent conflicts in…

— Sam Harris

“The wars of religion that followed the Protestant Reformation caused many people to view religion as nothing more than an ideology with the potential…

— Jeremiah Vallery