“There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing, and predatory. The invention of hell measured by our Christianity of today, bad as it is, hypocritical as it is, empty and hollow as it is, neither the deity nor his son is a Christian, nor qualified for that moderately high place. Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilled.” WorldTodayChristianChristianityHellBloodSonTerribleComfortEmptyInventionInnocentSwimBloodyDeitiesQualifiedHollowNotableHypocriticalGrabbingHigh PlacesPredatory Author:Mark Twain
“Rational people, anti-religionists, must end their timidity and come out of the closet and assert themselves. And those who consider themselves only moderately religious really need to look in the mirror and realize that the solace and comfort that religion brings you actually comes at a terrible price.” PeopleNeedsLooksEndsReligionRealizingReligiousTerribleComfortMirrorsRationalClosetsSolaceTimidity Author:Bill Maher
“You have the mainstream bourgeois life of the U.S., Europe, the "developed" world - the life of technology, education, mortgages, careers, a certain level of physical comfort - while on the other hand, several billion people on the planet exist on less than a dollar a day. That's a huge and terrible reality to get your head around.” PeopleWorldHandsRealityCertainLevelsCareersTechnologyPlanetsHugeTerribleComfortEuropeDollarsBillionsMainstreamMortgageBourgeoisTechnology In Education Author:Ben Fountain
“The difference is that if we turn from the Gentile first, we will have the Almighty as the immediate staff and our comfort. If not, we will have neither the Gentile nor, for a terrible stage, the Almighty.” IfsFirstsTurnsDifferencesStageTerribleComfortAlmightyStaffGentiles Author:Meir Kahane
“The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Not a good place to live. Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness - and love. Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly.” WorldBookDreamReadingAsksDarkSecurityReturnTerribleComfortAnd LoveTreatedPityGood PlacePlaces To LiveHappiness And LoveBad DreamInkheart Author:Cornelia Funke
“You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.” IfsThinkingKnowsLifeHappensUsedUniverseTerribleComfortDeserveFairsAwfulUnfairHostilityTerrible ThingsUnfairness Author:J. Michael Straczynski
“Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt.” WorldBloodTerribleComfortInnocentSwim Book:Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader’s Edition Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader’s Edition