Religion Quote by Sam Harris

“Religious faith represents so uncompromising a misuse of the power of our minds that it forms a kind of perverse, cultural singularity ― a…

— Sam Harris

“Religious faith represents so uncompromising a misuse of the power of our minds that it forms a kind of perverse, cultural singularity ― a…

— Sam Harris

“Religious faith always transcends culture, and is the integrating principle and power of man's cultural striving.”

— Henry R. Van Til

“Religion has had a free ride for too long and despite the growing murmurs of malcontents, the societal privilege afforded to faith remains a…

— Noah Lugeons

“While religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction, it is still sheltered…

— Sam Harris

“It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion in modern society. It would be more honest to…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

“I am myself a dissenter from all known religions, and I hope that every kind of religious belief will die out. I do not…

— Bertrand Russell

“All religious belief is a function of nonrational faith. And faith, by its very definition, tends to be impervious to intellectual argument or academic…

— Jon Krakauer

“Faith is intrinsic to humanity and the freedom to practice one's religion is a right no power can deny”

— Aysha Taryam

“The concessions we have made to religious faith - to the idea that belief can be sanctified by something other than evidence - have…

— Sam Harris

We will see that the greatest problem confronting civilization is not merely religious extremism: rather, it is the larger set of cultural and intellectual…

— Sam Harris

“In the best case, faith leaves otherwise well-intentioned people incapable of thinking rationally about many of their deepest concerns; at worst, it is a…

— Sam Harris