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The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.
The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.
I'm religiously opposed to religion.
I'm religiously opposed to religion.
 Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the 
mother.
 [Lat., Religio peperit divitias et filia devoravit matrem.]  
 Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the 
mother.
 [Lat., Religio peperit divitias et filia devoravit matrem.] 
There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
 His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais, 
a great Perhaps.  
 His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais, 
a great Perhaps. 
Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like read more
Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like Paul and Peter and James and John.
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
 No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to 
keep the Commandments.  
 No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to 
keep the Commandments. 
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.