Atheism Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

“History does not record anywhere a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up…

— Robert Heinlein

History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces in history.

— Dave Brat

Religion isn't best understood primarily as a collection of beliefs held by backward people with fear and trembling for most of human history (religion…

— David Dark

Though I'm not religious, I am interested in religion. I read a lot of history and I think it came out of that. I…

— Hal Hartley

“Religion is concerned not with genuine history, but with sacred history, which does not course through time like a river. Rather, sacred history is…

— Reza Aslan

The historical religions have the tendency to become ends in themselves, and, as it were, to put themselves in God's place, and, in fact,…

— Martin Buber

What our view of the effectiveness of religion in history does at once make evident as to its nature is--first, its necessary distinction; second,…

— William Ernest Hocking

Religion claims to be in possession of an absolute truth; but its history is a history of errors and heresies. It gives us the…

— Ernst Cassirer

History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage of a…

— Benjamin Franklin

Is religion a force for good? The evidence of history and the evidence of current events cast doubt on the truism.

— James A. Haught

From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control.

— Mario Bunge