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“The greatest burden in the world is superstition, not only of ceremonies in the church, but of imaginary and scarecrow sins at home.”

World Home Church Sin Burden Imaginary Superstitions Ceremony Scarecrow

Book:Areopagitica and Other Prose Works

Source: Areopagitica and Other Prose Works

“Henceforward the Christian Churches having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof, came into the hands of the Encratites: and the Heathens, who in the fourth century came over in great numbers to the Christians, embraced more readily this sort of Christianity, as having a greater affinity with their old superstitions, than that of the sincere Christians; who by the lamps of the seven Churches of Asia, and not by the lamps of the Monasteries, had illuminated the Church Catholic during the three first centuries.”

Firsts Hands Christian Form Three Church Numbers Christianity Greater Century Catholic Seven Sincere Fourth Superstitions Asia Lamps Godliness Affinity Christian Church Heathen Monasteries

Book:Observations

Source: Observations

“Real religion should be something that liberates men. But churches don't want free men who can think for themself and find their own divinity within. When a religion becomes organized it is no longer a religious experience but only superstition and estrangement.”

Thinking Men Want Should Real Church Religious Atheism Positive Atheism Organized Divinity Superstitions Free Man Religious Experience Estrangement

Author:Federico Fellini

“I have endeavoured to dissipate these religious superstitions from the minds of women, and base their faith on science and reason, where I found for myself at last that peace and comfort I could never find in the Bible and the church.”

Mind Reason Lasts Found Church Religious Atheism Comfort Superstitions

Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity.”

Feels Two Belief Church Seven Rome Superstitions Inferiors Sacraments Prosperous Protestants Sanctity

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

“A dull, dark, depressing day in Winter: the whole world looks like a Methodist church at Wednesday night prayer meeting.”

World Looks Whole Night Belief Church Dark Prayer Meetings Winter Whole World Dull Superstitions Depressing Wednesday Methodists Prayer Meeting Dark Depressing Wednesday Nights

Book:Minority Report

Source: Minority Report

“The church is challenging such negative cultural elements as superstition, rugged individualism, materialism, hedonism, permissiveness and utilitarianism.”

Challenges Church Elements Negative Materialism Individualism Superstitions Rugged Hedonism Utilitarianism Rugged Individualism

Author:Francis Arinze

“New York is full of abandoned churches. A Godless city, but full of superstitions on every subject--art, money, sex, food, health.”

Art Sex Church Cities Subjects New York Abandoned Superstitions

Author:Mason Cooley

“The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition were shut or destroyed, and churches were planted in every part of the civilized world.”

World Nations Church Sleep Eternal Lips Destroyed Temples Civilized Superstitions Eternal Life Apostles Awakened

Author:John Strachan