" There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the Dark Ages. " | " The religious sense planted within the human heart leads us to meet the needs of others and to search for concrete ways to contribute to the common good. Religion ...teaches people that authentic service requires sacrifice and self-discipline, which in turn must be cultivated through self-denial, temperance and a moderate use of the world's goods. " | " I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously. " |
" The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe. " - Voltaire | " It is religion that has bred the most bitter wars, the most arrant bigotry, the cruelest persecution, the foulest forms of man's inhumanity to man that history narrates. " | " Christianity does not preach the gospels to offer man a guide to salvation. It uses the gospels as a weapon in the ideological conquest of man. " |