" Religion occupies a most ambiguous position; ...discredited as irrational, yet dominant over the collective mind; almost totally uncomprehended even by its purveyors, yet forced upon each succeeding generation of children as the very bread of life; holding its place by the sheer force of custom. " | " It is theism, theology, that has wrenched man out of his relationship with the world, isolated him, made him into an arrogant self-centered being who exalts himself above nature " | " Religion is the general theory of this world, ...and its universal basis of consolation and justification. " |
" The celibacy, the nuns, the monks, the priesthood: This is not natural and normal. For me to be called 'a pervert', by these extraordinary sexual dysfunctional people. I don't think Human History has ever had more. " | " I think there is no reason whatsoever to think that demonizing homosexuals, stoning adulterers, soliciting the murder of novelist and cartoonist, or worshiping suicide-bombers; constitutes a valid strategy for maximizing human wellbeing. " | " The absurdity is that man created god, and then became his invention's slave. " |