Compulsion Quote by Rollo May

Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.

— Sigmund Freud

I think religion is a neurological disorder.

— Bill Maher

Religion: Something comparable to childhood neurosis

— Sigmund Freud

“religion is a neurological disorder for which faith is the only cure.”

— Frank Schaeffer

Religion (is) a universal obsessional neurosis.

— Sigmund Freud

It could be ventured to understand obsessive compulsive neurosis as the pathological counterpart of religious development, to define neurosis as an individual religiosity; to…

— Sigmund Freud

Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world which we have…

— Sigmund Freud

Religion restricts the play of choice and adaptation, since it imposes equally on everyone its own path to the acquisition of happiness and protection…

— Sigmund Freud

Religion [is] the universal obsessional neurosis of humanity

— Sigmund Freud

By religion I mean a set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated…

— Bertrand Russell

Religious creeds encourage some of the craziest kinds of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and favor severe manifestations of neurosis, borderline personality states, and sometimes…

— Albert Ellis

For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain.

— Gene Roddenberry