“An atheist is more reclaimable than a papist, as ignorance is sooner cured than superstition.”
Source: The Works of Laurence Sterne: Complete in Eight Volumes
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“I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.”
“Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.”
Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Source: God and the State
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)
“All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity.”
“Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.”
“Fear paints pictures of ghosts and hangs them in the gallery of ignorance.”
Source: Wit, Wisdom, Eloquence, and Great Speeches of Col. R. G. Ingersoll: Including Eloquent Extracts, Witty, Wise, Pungent, Truthful Sayings and Full Reports of the Great Speeches of this Celebrated Man, Together with the Funeral Oration at His Brother's Grave