[From a New York Times biography from May 27, 2010 entitled Introduction to Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex']

Beauvoir herself was as devout an atheist as she had once been a Catholic, and she dismisses religions — even when they worship a goddess — as the inventions of men to perpetuate their dominion.

Simone de Beauvoir

Mots clés lies belief atheism atheist invention deceit domination goddess



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The church knows that an educated man is an unbeliever. That is why there is a continual struggle on the part of the clergy to adulterate education with superstition. To maintain their untenable position they must keep the people shackled to a form of mental slavery. Both fear and superstition are forms of a contagious disease.

The ignorance of man produced natural fears of the elements of nature. What he could not understand he attributed to malevolent spirits whose primary purpose was to punish and harm him. Under this spell it seems almost incredible that he ever advanced from his state of primitive ignorance.

His fears produced such fantastic monsters of the air that it was first necessary to relieve his tormented mind of these terrifying myths of ghosts and gods before he was able to acquire even the simplest rudiments of knowledge.

Man's ignorance and fears made him an easy prey of priests. His gullibility was such that he believed everything he was told. He soon became a slave to these liars and hypocrites.

Joseph Lewis

Mots clés fear education ignorance control superstition gullibility liars deceit hypocrites



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Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Anonymous

Mots clés humor lies funny skeptic myth skepticism deceit wishful-thinking



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Anything someone gets conned into will never be that great.

Roberto Hogue

Mots clés deception sex deceit cheating scam conned grift



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We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.

Criss Jami

Mots clés lies parents children manipulation confession business deceit salesmen



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There is no other way to determine the difference between the will of God and the crafts of satan... Jesus is the way, the truth and the life... The Holy Spirit of God is the Comforter...

Israelmore Ayivor

Mots clés life truth deception evil god heaven liar lie jesus spirit holy true food-for-thought jesus-christ the-way deceit comfort christ satanic crafts way god-s-will holy-spirit the-truth will-of-god crafty the-life evil-spirit deceive comforter israelmore-ayivor the-will-of-god be-truthful tell-the-truth lord-of-lords the-way-the-truth-and-the-life crafts-of-satan he-saved-me king-of-kinds my-lord satan-devil spirit-of-god the-saviour



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When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are posessed by the Holy Spirit of God, it is wise discretions you pursue!

Israelmore Ayivor

Mots clés wisdom deception devil lies evil god decisions discretion liar lie bible jesus satan christian spirit wise worship sermon craft food-for-thought jesus-christ the-way deceit christ satanic follow evangelism holy-spirit preaching the-truth manipulations manipulate pursue preach lied crafty the-life possess evil-spirit deceive israelmore-ayivor deceitful discretions posess believe-in-jesus believe-in-the-holy-spirit jesus-conquer-the-devil message-of-god satanic-influence the-devil-is-a-liar the-way-the-truth-and-the-life to-kil-to-steal-and-to-destroy wordliness



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The true mark of English conversation is not being able to tell when you've been insulted. I think the more sophisticated society becomes, the more it hides behind the masks it manufactures.

Christopher Fowler

Mots clés society civilization conversation deceit



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Her suspicion brings me a small sense of gratification. She thinks I'm lying about something. Now we're even.

Lake

Colleen Hoover

Mots clés lies deceit parental-betrayal teenage-suffering



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