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Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own.
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.
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.
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
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.
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
