“The tendency to superstitions should be counteracted from the earliest age; or rather steps should be taken to protect the mind of the child from superstitions imposed upon it by ignorant nurses or silly mothers.” ShouldMindChildrenAgeMotherStepsTakenProtectSillyIgnorantTendenciesNurseSuperstitions Author:Arthur Alfred Lynch
“Whenever philosophy has taken into its plan religion, it has ended in skepticism; and whenever religion excludes philosophy, or the spirit of free inquiry, it leads to willful blindness and superstition.” PhilosophySpiritTakenPlansAtheismPositive AtheismSuperstitionsSkepticismBlindnessInquiry Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“I've taken up the Bible again, somewhat in the spirit of W.C. Fields - looking for loopholes.” SpiritBeliefTakenFieldsSuperstitionsLoopholes Author:David Niven
“If cathedrals had been universities If dungeons of the Inquisition had been laboratories If Christians had believed in character instead of creed If they had taken from the bible only that which is GOOD and thrown away the wicked and absurd If temple domes had been observatories If priests had been philosophers If missionaries had taught useful arts instead of bible lore If astrology had been astronomy If the black arts had been chemistry If superstition had been science If religion had been humanity The world then would be a heaven filled with love, and liberty and joy” IfsWorldArtCharacterWould BeChristianJoyHumanityHeavenBlackLibertyTakenTaughtFilledUniversityPhilosopherAstronomyAbsurdWickedThrownTemplesPriestsChemistrySuperstitionsCreedsAstrologyLaboratoryCathedralsInquisitionDungeonsDomesBlack Art Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“You know, Tolstoy, like myself, wasn't taken in by superstitions like science and medicine.” KnowsTakenMedicineSuperstitions Author:George Bernard Shaw
“[In] the post-Enlightenment world, science [has] taken the place of magic, miracles, and superstition.” WorldTakenMagicEnlightenmentMiraclePostsSuperstitions Author:Jonah Goldberg