SOME QUOTES ON RELIGION COLLECTED FROM ALL OVER

"My views are the result of a lifetime of inquiry and reflection, and very different from the anti-Christian imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed, opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian in the only sense in which He wished anyone to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference of all. Thomas Jefferson

By James Madison the Father of the American Constitution and 4th President of the United States of America

"While we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe, the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to them whose minds have not yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. James Madison

"Waiving the rights of conscience, not included in the surrender implied by the social state, & more or less invaded by all Religious establishments, the simple question to be decided, is whether a support of the best & purest religion, the Christian religion itself ought not, so far at least as pecuniary means are involved, to be provided for by the Government, rather than be left to the voluntary provisions of those who profess it." James Madison

"Religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience, unpunished and unrestrained by the magistrate, unless under color of religion any man disturb the peace, the happiness, or safety of society, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other." James Madison

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. Isaac Asimov

Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves. W. Somerset Maugham

How wise are thy commandments, Lord. Each of them applies to somebody I know. Samuel Levenson

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics. Robert A. Heinlein

Dubya must have read this marvelous quote by Peter O'Toole in the brilliant movie, "The Ruling Class"
" When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself."

And by Thomas Paine one of the guiding hands of the American Revolution and author of the book which historians believe had a great deal to do with getting that Revolution started.
"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."

Science has done more for the development of Western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. Jeff Burroughs

The nearer to the church, the further from God. John Heywood

Every day people are straying away from the church and back to God. Lenny Bruce

Almost everyone who has read history in a more than casual manner knows that when the great figure of God appears in a controversy, the shooting cannot be far off. Stewart H. Hollbrook

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion. Abraham Lincoln

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. Steven Weinberg, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in physics


Our gods are dead. Ancient Klingon warriors slew them a millennia ago. They were...more trouble than they were worth.
Worf, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Homefront"

When someone tells me that "the Almighty told me to do this," I want to see the transcript. Fred Reed (AMEN TO THAT)

Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe. Albert Einstein

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature. Thomas Jefferson

It's interesting to speculate how it developed that in two of the most anti-feminist institutions, the church and the law court, the men are wearing the dresses. Flo Kennedy

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private schools, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and the state forever separate. Ulysses S. Grant

and finally please listen you Reverends, Fathers, Bishops, Right Holy's and all the other parasitic names of the true God you falsely apply to your mortal self there is this.

Ministers say that they teach charity. That is natural. They live on hand-outs. All beggars teach that others should give. Robert Ingersoll

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