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“What chiefly concerns and alarms many of us are the problems arising from religious fanaticism. As long as large numbers of militant enthusiasts are persuaded that they alone have access to the truth, and that the rest of us are infidels, we remain under threat. Lord Acton's famous phrase about power can be used of another danger. Dogma tends to corrupt, and absolute dogma corrupts absolutely.”

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Author:Anthony Storr

“Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today. I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. 'Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion.' Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.”

“the biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself.”

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Book:Deep Play

Source: Deep Play

“I have no religious belief myself, but I don't think we should fight about it. In particular, I think that we should not rubbish moderate religious leaders like the Archbishop of Canterbury because I think we all agree that extreme fundamentalism is a threat, and we need all the allies we can muster against it.”

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Author:Martin Rees

“Reporters treat religion as beneath mention, as personally distasteful, or as a clear and present threat to the American way of life.”

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Author:Robert Bork

“Extremist groups like People for the American Way attack Christians who run for public office as a threat to the 'separation of church and state,' though they never specify why conservatives are any more of a threat than churchmen and church women on the Left who have led religiously inspired causes for decades.”

“Ill tell you, Mr. Thomas, why some Christians are afraid of me. They're not sure that what they believe is really true. If they were sure, I wouldn't be a threat to them at all.”

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Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair

“To ignore the religious nature of the terrorist threat is to succumb to politically correct delusion.”

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Author:Ruth Marcus

“I always found myself more drawn to each religious milieu than I would have anticipated, but in time, a ghoulish threat of being absorbed in alien territory always sent me retreating to the blander and safer ground of home.”

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Book:Words on Fire: One Woman's Journey Into the Sacred

Source: Words on Fire: One Woman's Journey Into the Sacred

“To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.”

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Book:India of My Dreams

Source: India of My Dreams