Quotes about Organized religion

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A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. — Carl Sagan
I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while — Mahatma Gandhi
God save us from religion. — David Eddings
If Jesus came back and saw what was being done in his name, he'd never stop throwing up. — Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor — Martin Luther, Luther's Works, 33: Career of the Reformer III
I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something i — John Lennon
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, — Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Unive — Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Religion is still useful among the herd - that it helps their orderly conduct as nothing else could. The crude human ani — H.P. Lovecraft
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. — Lenny Bruce
The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They — Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
Dharma is not about believing in God. It’s about making the right choices, doing the right things and leading the right — Anurag Shourie, Half A Shadow
Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man? — Friedrich Nietzsche
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. — Edgar Allan Poe
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. ... These two institutions screw us up enough on their ow — George Carlin
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. — Isaac Asimov
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. — Napoléon Bonaparte
Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion. — Jon Stewart
I don't know how you feel, but I'm pretty sick of church people. You know what they ought to do with churches? Tax them. — George Carlin
I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don’t have as many people who believe it. — George Carlin