"Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally……" — Philip Pullman

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• You should always take a religion at its best and not at its worst, from its highest teachings and not… — Annie Besant
• Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have… — Eric Alterman
• Islam in its origins is just as shady and approximate as those from which it took its borrowings. It makes… — Christopher Hitchens
• I have encountered a few 'creationists' and because they were usually nice, intelligent people, I have been unable to decide… — Arthur C. Clarke
• It is an ideology born out of hatred and its adherents belong to no religion, culture or civilisation. — Pratibha Patil
• Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of… — John Stott
• It [Christian Social Party] recognized the value of large-scale propaganda and was a virtuoso in influencing the psychological instincts of… — Adolf Hitler
• While both denominations maintain missions in Asia and Africa in order to win new followers for their doctrine- an activity… — Adolf Hitler
• The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents. — Edward Abbey
• There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death. — Isaac Asimov
• Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see… — John Fowles
• The less depth a belief system has, the greater the fervency with which its adherents embrace it. The most vociferous,… — Dean Koontz

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