Atheism Quote by Peter Medawar

Religious superstition consists in the belief that the sacrifices, often of human lives, made to the imaginary being are essential, and that men may…

— Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

“The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious belief in lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly…

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“Theology is a superstition—Humanity a religion.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll

The idea, therefore, that religious faith is somehow a sacred human convention—distinguished, as it is, both by the extravagance of its claims and by…

— Sam Harris

“Forget your religious superstitions built by cults and learn to love for the sake of humanity."-Stated after hearing a man use religion to justify…

— Rickey Russell

I think we cannot too strongly attack superstition, which is the disturber of society; nor too highly respect genuine religion, which is the support…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort…

— John Calvin

Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both…

— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Superstition is not, as has been defined, an excess of religious feeling, but a misdirection of it, an exhausting of it on vanities of…

— Richard Whately

“But we do believe in religion—at least for other people. It is a means of marketing hope, and of instilling ethical precepts on the…

— Christopher Hitchens

Superstition, in all times and among all nations, is the fear of a spirit whose passions are those of a man, whose acts are…

— John Ruskin

I cherish the fantasy, even the hope, of adventures in other realms to come. But how can we choke out that most precious of…

— Gerry Spence