Critical Quote by Sam Harris

“Religious moderates are, in large part, responsible for the religious conflict in our world, because their beliefs provide the context in which scriptural literalism…

— Sam Harris

Proponents of so-called pluralism feel compelled to ban religious considerations from public discourse because they know, instinctively if not intellectually, that their faith is…

— Benjamin Hart

“Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance. [...] By failing to live by the letter of the texts [scripture], while…

— Sam Harris

It is taboo in our society to criticize a persons religious faith... these taboos are offensive, deeply unreasonable, but worse than that, they are…

— Sam Harris

“While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its problems. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us…

— Sam Harris

Religious tolerance does not mean one cannot express his own beliefs. It does mean that seeking to undermine or attack the religious faith and…

— L. Ron Hubbard

Our culture's tolerance wears thin when religion intrudes on the public discourse... Our schools, courtrooms, and libraries set the tone for the entire society.…

— Ralph E. Reed, Jr

Our tolerance for forms of religious expression we disagree with is a precise barometer of our own spiritual security.

— Lawrence Kushner

There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.

— Benjamin Whichcote

Among the more irritating consequences of our flagrantly religious society is the special dispensation that mainstream religions receive. We all may talk about religion…

— Natalie Angier

“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

Only RELIGION is capable of inspiring people to be too hypersensitive to tolerate a word against their ideologies and misplaced beliefs, but insensitive enough…

— Steve Fowler