The spectacle of what is called religion, or at any rate organised religion, in India and elsewhere, has filled me with horror and I have frequently condemned it and wished to make a clean sweep of it. Almost always it seemed to stand for blind belief and reaction, dogma and bigotry, superstition, exploitation and the preservation of vested interests.
Jawaharlal NehruTag: atheism dogma horror superstition organized-religion bigotry india spectacle condemn blind-belief
One increasingly hears rumors of a reconciliation between science and religion. In major news magazines as well as at academic conferences, the claim is made that that belief in the success of science in describing the workings of the world is no longer thought to be in conflict with faith in God. I would like to argue against this trend, in favor of a more old-fashioned point of view that is still more characteristic of most scientists, who tend to disbelieve in any religious component to the workings of the universe.
Sean CarrollTag: science knowledge universe understanding superstition academia irreligious irreligion science-and-religion
[Josiah P. Mendum memorial at Paine Hall]
[He turned] the strait-laced Boston of sixty years ago [into] the enlightened Hub of today, . . . to 'destroy bigotry and uproot the evils of superstition.
Tag: atheism superstition praise enlightenment bigotry boston memorial paine-hall
How I suffered when I had to preach to you those pious lies that I detest in my heart. What remorse your credulity caused me! A thousand times I was on the point of breaking out publicly and opening your eyes, but a fear stronger than myself held me back, and forced me to keep silence until my death.
Jean MeslierTag: fear lies death atheism atheist superstition credulity first-atheist pious-lies
I have seldom met an intelligent person whose views were not narrowed and distorted by religion.
James BuchananTag: intelligence superstition views narrow religious-distortion religious-poison
All Religions have this in common, that they are an outrage to common sense for they are pieced together out of a variety of elements, some of which seem so unworthy, sordid and at odds with man’s reason, that any strong and vigorous intelligence laughs at them... The human intellect is only capable of tackling mediocre subjects: it disdains petty subjects, and is startled by large ones. There is no reason to be surprised if it finds any religion hard to accept at first, for all are deficient in the mediocre and the commonplace, nor that it should require skill to induce belief. For the strong intellect laughs at religion, while the weak and superstitious mind marvels at it but is easily scandalized by it.
Pierre CharronTag: intelligence reason common-sense superstition outrage theologian catholic-theologian common-religions scandalize
Christianity is such a silly religion.
Gore VidalTag: humor funny myth superstition irreverence silly-religion
By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.
Charlie ChaplinTag: belief atheism atheist common-sense superstition gods
Laws should be made, not against quacks but against superstition.
Rudolf VirchowTag: superstition laws pathology father-of-pathology quacks
If there is a god maybe it rewards those who don't believe on the basis of insufficient evidence--and punishes those who do.
Peter BoghossianTag: humor reason belief funny superstition gods evidence reward insufficient-evidence
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