American life Quote by Richard Dawkins

Religion is not a nice thing. It is potentially a very dangerous thing because it involves a heady complex of emotions, desires, yearnings and…

— Karen Armstrong

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use…

— Larry Flynt

I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same…

— Christopher Hitchens

Religion is a dangerous prod, because it can always be misused and get out of hand, but it's useful for keeping people on the…

— Octavia Butler

I personally am not religious. I think, put into the wrong hands, it's incredibly dangerous. It's the reason for most of the wars that…

— Jared Harris

I'm an atheist. I'm not neutral about religion, I'm hostile to it. I think it is a positively bad idea, not just a false…

— Christopher Hitchens

Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do.

— Bill Maher

Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous.

— Lawrence M. Krauss

It is iniquitous, unjust, and most impolitic to persecute for religion's sake. It is against natural religion, revealed religion, and sound policy.

— William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

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

— Mary Douglas

“For anyone with eyes to see, there can be no doubt that religious faith remains a perpetual source of human conflict. Religion persuades otherwise…

— Sam Harris

Many men without morals have attacked religion because it was contrary to their inclinations. Many wise men have despised it because it seemed to…

— Baron d'Holbach