#religion

I always got a bit pissed off with those broadsheet sceptics who make their living being passionately angry about homeopathy, God, synchronicity or whatever, because it's as if they can't get past their emotions, and in their rage they become as faith-driven as the beliefs they criticise. I always said they give scientists a bad name. After all, science has to be about asking unthinkable questions, not closing down debate. ↗

— Scarlett Thomas

#religion #scepticism #sceptics #skepticism #skeptics

I don't normally talk about my religion publicly because I don't want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful if you learn it the right way. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#associate #beautiful #beautiful thing #because #believe

I have a problem with religion that makes it so, like, 'We are the ones. We are the chosen ones.' ↗

— Cher

#i #like #makes #ones #problem

Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The spirituality says, 'Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.' ↗

— Tommy Chong

#country #die #doing #go #know

If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, he's proselytizing.' ↗

— Tom Cruise

#avoiding #becomes #different #discussing #humanitarian

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#death

Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#expediency #go #hand #political #religion

The cultural contrast I saw between religions... Catholics have a lot of mediators, going through saints and Mary or whatever. Protestants in general say things to God directly. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#catholics #contrast #cultural #directly #general