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“Christianity is a pestilent superstition.”

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Tacitus, born in 56 AD and died in 117 AD, was a renowned Roman historian of the ancient period. His works are known for their rigorous factual recording and profound critical analysis, with 'The Annals' and 'The Histories' being significant sources for the study of the early history of the Roman Empire. more

“It had been boldly predicted by some of the early Christians that the conversion of the world would lead to the establishment of perpetual peace. In looking back, with our present experience, we are driven to the melancholy conclusion that, instead of diminishing the number of wars, ecclesiastical influence has actually and very seriously increased it.”

World War Christian Evil Religious Numbers Influence Driven Conversion Conclusion Melancholy Establishment Perpetual Looking Back

Author:William Edward Hartpole Lecky

“Is religion a force for good? The evidence of history and the evidence of current events cast doubt on the truism.”

Evil Force Religious Doubt Events Evidence Casts Currents Truism Current Events

Book:Holy horrors: an illustrated history of religious murder and madness

Source: Holy horrors: an illustrated history of religious murder and madness

“Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!”

Has Beens Evil Names Religious Christianity Crime Civilization Western Committed Western Civilization

Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o

“The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not by religious, leaders.”

Men Humans Political Evil Religious Leader Rights Written Independence Human Rights Documents Declaration Declaration Of Independence Religious Leaders Basic Human Rights

Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

“No nations are more warlike than those which profess Christianity.”

Evil Nations Religious Christianity

Author:Pierre Bayle

“Barbarity, caprice; these qualities, however nominally disguised, we may universally observe from the ruling character of the deity in all regular religions.”

May Character Evil Religious Quality Ruling Deities Caprice Barbarity

Book:An inquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions. An inquiry concerning the principles of morals. The natural history of religion

Source: An inquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions. An inquiry concerning the principles of morals. The natural history of religion

“Seven hundred thousand men are said to have perished in the first two expeditions, which had been thus commenced and carried on by the pious zeal of the Christian church, and in the total amount, several million were found numbered with the dead: the awful effects of religious fanaticism presuming upon the aid of heaven.”

Source: Principles of Nature Or A Developement of the Moral Causes of Hapiness and Misery Among the Human Species

“It is in the name of Jesus, himself become God, that fanaticism ignominiously condemned to the stake men like Giodano Bruno, Vanini, Étienne Dolet, John Huss, Savanarola, and numerous other heroic victims; that the Inquisition ordered Galileo to belie his conscience; that thousands and thousands of unfortunates accused of witchcraft were burnt alive in popular ceremonies; it was with the express benediction of Pope Gregory XIII that the butchery of St. Bartholomew drenched Paris in blood.”

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Author:Camille Flammarion

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