“I don't think Romney is wacky at all, but religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things, believe and affirm crazy things. Left on his own, Romney would never have said something like the Garden Of Eden was in Missouri, and will be again.”
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“Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.”
“There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.”
“Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.”
“There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion and the others are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevation which often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and.”
“Real religion is no religion at all.”
“The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.”
“Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.”
“Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.”
“Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to the individual and asks no better than to be celebrated in each man's own language - so long as he knows anguish and is a painter.”
“Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine.”
“I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I'm not judgmental. And I'm a vegetarian.”
“To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.”
“In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.”
“Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories.”
“Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm.”
“Religion is doing a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he 'lives' his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.”
“If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.”
“If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.”
“I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.”
“The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.”
“The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.”
“My philosophy is to do the best you can for somebody. Help. It's not just what do you for yourself. It's how you treat people decently. The golden rule. There isn't big anything better than the golden rule. It's in every major religion in one language or another.”
“There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.”