The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

The crooked end obedient spirits draws,
The pointed, those rebels who spurn at Christian laws.
[Lat., Curva read more

The crooked end obedient spirits draws,
The pointed, those rebels who spurn at Christian laws.
[Lat., Curva trahit mites, pars pungit acuta rebelles.]

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they read more

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and
true religion.

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and
true religion.

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

I realized that ritual will always mean throwing away something;
Destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of read more

I realized that ritual will always mean throwing away something;
Destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what read more

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.