“The doctrine of the double motion of the earth about its axis and about the sun is false, and entirely contrary to Holy Scripture.” EarthReligionSunAtheismHolyContraryScriptureDoctrineHoly ScripturesAxes Author:Pope Paul V
“Why did the consensus of Christian churches not only accept these astonishing views but establish them as the only true form of Christian doctrine? . . . these religious debates - questions of the nature of God, or of Christ - simultaneously bear social and political implications that are crucial to the development of Christianity as an institutional religion. In simplest terms, ideas which bear implications contrary to that development come to be labeled as 'heresy'; ideas which implicitly support it become 'orthodox.'” IdeasChristianFormPoliticalReligionSocialTermChristChurchReligiousViewsAcceptingChristianitySupportDevelopmentBearsContraryDebateDoctrineOrthodoxCrucialSimplestConsensusAstonishingImplicationsHeresyChristian ChurchChristian Doctrine Author:Elaine Pagels
“Religion urges us to fight evil as contrary to the Divine Law. It urges us to combat abject misery, sin and disease because God is. In His name we can work, as we believe in co-operation with Him, since through Him goodness must ultimately prevail.” BelieveLawReligionFightingEvilNamesWomenSinDivineGoodnessDiseaseMiseryContraryOperationsUrgesCombatDivine Law Author:Lily Montagu
“Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.” ReasonReligionCommonAtheismAtheistContraryCommon SenseClergy Author:Voltaire
“If you must believe in anything, believe in yourselves, in your senses, in your minds. To accept a religious creed is to accept another mind in place of your own and generally contrary to your own. When religious belief comes in brains go out” IfsMindBelieveReligionBeliefReligiousBrainAcceptingAtheismContrarySensesCreedsBelieve In YouReligious Belief Author:Marilla Ricker