Age Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

“Religion doesn't just cloud our minds. It asks us to deliberately deceive ourselves-- to replace reason with its opposite, faith. And when men operate…

— James L. Sutter

If a man have a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

That which is true must always remain true, though the applications may change greatly from generation to generation. It is the absence of such…

— Anonymous

Skepticism is a religion very rich in evangelists but very short on saviors.

— Robert Breault

A man's religion consists, not of the many things he is in doubt of and tries to believe, but of the few he is…

— Thomas Carlyle

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.

— Mark Twain

It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

— Marcus Terentius Varro

“Because religious beliefs and experiences cannot be reliably validated through logical deduction or observational induction, validation occurs only by satisfying the emotions that motivate…

— Scott Atran

It is often argued that religion is valuable because it makes men good, but even if this were true it would not be a…

— H. L. Mencken

Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both.

— William Hazlitt

“All religious belief is a function of nonrational faith. And faith, by its very definition, tends to be impervious to intellectual argument or academic…

— Jon Krakauer

Indifference in religion is more fatal than skepticism. There is no pulse in indifference; skepticism may have warm blood.

— Henry Ward Beecher