“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.”
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“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”
“I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.”
“The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.”
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
Source: Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
“So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.”
Source: Education and the Social Order
“Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.”
Source: Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
“The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.”
Source: The 120 days of Sodom and other writings
Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Source: 101 Facts of life
“Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Source: The Devil's Dictionary
“Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.”
Source: The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929
“Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.”
“All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.”
Source: Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ
Source: Autobiographical Writings
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
Source: Essays and Soliloquies
“The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.”
Source: DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government
“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.”
“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.”
“Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.”
“What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.”
Source: The Temple of My Familiar
Source: Facing Up
“The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.”
“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.”
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.”
“Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.”
Source: RELIGION IN THE MAKING
“If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.”