“All religious notions are uniformly founded on authority; all the religions of the world forbid examination, and are not disposed that men should reason upon them.” MenWorldShouldReasonReligiousAuthorityNotionExamination Author:Baron d'Holbach
“It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of religion that we shall discover truth, reason and morality.” LifeInspirationalReasonReligionAtheismMoralityAtheistCloudsPhantomsAtheisticDispelling Author:Baron d'Holbach
“What, indeed, is an atheist? He is one who destroys delusions which are harmful to humanity in order to lead men back to nature, to reality, to reason. He is a thinker who, having reflected on the nature of matter, its energy, properties and ways of acting, has no need of idealized powers or imaginary intelligences to explain the phenomena of the universe and the operations of nature.” MenWayNeedsMatterReasonRealityHumanityOrderUniverseEnergyActingAtheismPropertyAtheistOperationsDelusionThinkerImaginary Author:Baron d'Holbach
“Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and true interests. It is by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of religion, that we shall discover truth, morality and reason. Religion diverts us from the causes of evils, and from these remedies which nature advocates, far from curing; it only aggravates, perpetuates and multiplies them.” MenMindRealReasonEvilCausesInterestDarknessIgnoranceDutyMoralityFilledCloudsRemedyPhantomsAgnosticismDispelling Author:Baron d'Holbach
“These principles, universally recognized, are at fault when the question of the existence of God is considered; what has been said of Him is either unintelligible or perfectly contradictory; and for this reason must appear impossible to every man.” MenHas BeensSaidReasonReligionCommonImpossibleAtheismAtheistEvery ManCommon SenseContradictory Author:Baron d'Holbach
“The atheist . . . destroys the chimeras which afflict the human race, and so leads men back to nature, to experience and to reason.” MenHumansReasonReligionRaceAtheistHuman RaceChimera Author:Baron d'Holbach
