Blasphemy Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism.

— Baron d'Holbach

I was raised as a Calvinist, which is doctrine-driven. And though there are many things wrong with Calvinism, you are at least encouraged to…

— Paul Schrader

“There are many instances in history of people who allow their skepticism to cut the nerve of moral effort, and there are numerous people,…

— Elton Trueblood

Fanaticism is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion

— Voltaire

The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of…

— Eric Hoffer

There have, for years, been comparative studies of religious fanaticism and factors that correlate with it. By and large, it tends to decline with…

— Noam Chomsky

Fanaticism is at its very strongest when it has political or, better still, religious motivation.

— Douglas Murray

“Then suddenly—or so it seemed to me—in the past two years Calvinism began emerging as an issue everywhere. Perhaps I am just waking up,…

— Jerry L. Walls

Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite.

— Will Rogers

Everybody knows that fanaticism is religion caricatured; bears, indeed, about the same relation to it that a monkey bears to a man; yet, with…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Fanaticism is the danger of the world, and always has been, and has done untold harm. I might almost say that I was fanatical…

— Bertrand Russell

Ideology and religion are contraindicated for fanatics.

— Ilkin Santak