Civilizations Quote by Riane Eisler

In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal.

— Carol P. Christ

Since the masses of the people are inconstant, full of unruly desires, passionate, and reckless of consequences, they must be filled with fears to…

— Anonymous

“That so many of us are still dying on account of ancient myths is as bewildering as it is horrible and our own attachment…

— Sam Harris

“Throughout history, religions and ideologies did not sanctify life itself. They always sanctified something above or beyond earthly existence, and were consequently quite tolerant…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“It’s in our nature to want to watch our human frailties played out on a huge, epic canvas. Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a…

— Tom Hiddleston

It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible Gods and Goddesses. To remember that the dullest, and most uninteresting person…

— Anonymous

The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying.

— Augustus Hare

Paganism is the worship of life itself in its supreme mysteries of ecstasy and love.

— Jane Ellen Harrison

I shall venture to affirm, that there never was a popular religion, which represented the state of departed souls in such a light,as would…

— David Hume

“Organized religion kills the living beauty of God.”

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of…

— Tom Hiddleston

“It is that instinctive need of having a worship in common that is the chief suffering of every man, the chief concern of mankind…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky