Civil war Quote by Steven Erikson

“believers fight each other over the correct interpretation and even kill members of their own faiths in battles over doctrine. Civilization has been immensely…

— Christopher Hitchens

“This specious fallacy of a theology built on the philosophy of men, instead of the revelation of God, has not only survived the anathema…

— Robert James Lees

“We may preach with all the fervor of a reformer and yet succeed only in winning a straggler here and there, if we permit…

— J. Gresham Machen

“Once we have broken free of the prejudices of our own provincially limited ecclesiastical, tribal, or national rendition of the world archetypes, it becomes…

— Joseph Campbell

“Discourses, which are mostly wrapped in spurious religious and patriotic ideologies that ignite the enthusiasm of the ignorant masses”

— Aziz Hamza

Earnest Freethinkers need not worry themselves so much about the persecutions of the past. Before the Liberal idea is dead or triumphant we shall…

— Anonymous

“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

The emergent movement is creating a mushiness to the thinking patterns in Christianity today. It's like we really can't stand for anything.

— Eric Ludy

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith. The earth has been drenched with blood shed in…

— Felix Adler

“hosts in a last-ditch assault designed to finally bring about mankind’s destruction. Spirits of depression, discouragement, fear, intimidation, witchcraft, sorcery, division, malice and slander…

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

“When we lose the contemplative mind, or non-dual consciousness, we invariably create violent people. The dualistic mind is endlessly argumentative, and we created an…

— Richard Rohr