Civilization Quote by Sigmund Freud

Unfortunately, of course, guilt is an artifact of agricultural-age religion and is designed specifically to prevent humans from thinking and operating on a collective…

— Timothy Morton

Besides the guilt of sin and the power of sin, there is the stain of sin.

— Nathaniel Culverwell

In a world that has lost a sense of sin, one sin remains: Thou shalt not make people feel guilty (except, of course, about…

— Christopher West

Believe me, religions are on the wrong track the moment they moralize and fulminate commandments. God is not needed to create guilt or to…

— Albert Camus

“The idea of original sin--of guilt with no possibility of innocence, no freedom of choice, no alternatives--inherently militates against self-esteem. The very notion of…

— Nathaniel Branden

“Religious guilt causes people to deny their behavior even as they engage in it. Guilt short-circuits rational examination of behavior in favor of supernatural…

— ED.D Darrel Ray

Feelings of guilt, for example, do not necessarily mean that we are indeed guilty, but rather that our beliefs are not rooted and grounded…

— Senoraroy

The state we find ourselves in is sinful quite independent of guilt.

— Franz Kafka

Guilt is a Jewish invention improved upon by Christians for the last two thousand years.

— Rita Mae Brown

All religions are the same: religion is basically guilt, with different holidays.

— Cathy Ladman

When we begin to feel guilty, we need to instead get to the root of the problem and address it with God's Word. What…

— Senoraroy

I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our…

— Francis Schaeffer