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La pensée ne doit jamais se soumettre, ni à un dogme, ni à un parti, ni à une passion, ni à un intérêt, ni à une idée préconçue, ni à quoi que ce soit, si ce n'est aux faits eux-mêmes, parce que, pour elle, se soumettre, ce serait cesser d'être. ↗

— Jules Henri Poincaré

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[Der Zoll] ist ein Gesellschaftsspiel und eine Religion, die Religion der Vaterländer. ↗

— Kurt Tucholsky

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Δε γίνεται να εμποδίσεις τη δημιουργία μαρτύρων. Το μόνο που μπορεί κανείς να κάνει είναι να κοιτάξει να περιορίσει τον αριθμό τους. Αν ήξερα κάποιους Χριστιανούς τον καιρό του Νέρωνα, θα προσπαθούσα να τους σώσω απ' τα λιοντάρια, εξηγώντας τους πως είναι προτιμότερο να ζει κανείς με την πίστη του, παρά να πεθαίνει γι' αυτήν. ↗

— Graham Greene

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It is the definition of the word 'object' which destroys all religions. ↗

— Bill Gaede

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Religions are often state-protected nurseries of pseudoscience, although there's no reason why religions have to play that role. In a way, it's an artefact from times long gone. ↗

— Sagan

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And the story is told that a young woman taking an examination for a Communist party post was unsure of the answer to a question asking the inscription on a certain monument. She wrote the words of Marx quoted above and when the examination was over hurried to the monument to check. Reading the inscription "Religion is the opiate of the people," she fell to her knees, saying, "Thank God. ↗

— Roberson

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Ben laughed. "You think all religions are scams, don't you?" "Yes, I suppose I do," Epstein said. "But the religions are mostly scamming themselves. That they scam others is usually a side-effect. ↗

— James L. Halperin

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In a secular world, which is what most of us in Europe and North America live in, history takes on the role of showing us good and evil, virtues and vices. Religion no longer plays as important a part as it once did in setting moral standards and transmitting values. . . .History with a capital H is being called in to fill the void. It restores a sense not necessarily of a divine being but of something above and beyond human beings. It is our authority: it can vindicate us and judge us, and damn those who oppose us. ↗

— Margaret MacMillan

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I am a supporter of democracy and it is a Godly value but democracy does not erase godliness, rather a real democracy will introduce godliness, for all things good come from God. ↗

— Chukwurah. H. Mamah

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وليس التوحيد مجرد إقرار العبد بإنه لا خالق إلًا الله وان الله رب كل شئ ومليكه, كما كان عبًاد الأصنام مقرين بذلك وهم مشركون, بل التوحيد يتضمن من محبة الله والخضوع له والذل له, وكمان الإنقياد لطاعته وإخلاص العبادة له وإرادة وجهه الاعلى بجميع الأقوال والأعمال والمنع والعطاء والحب والبغض, وهو واحد سبحانه في ألوهيته. فلا يستحق العبادة إلًا هو ولا يجوز التوجه بخوف أو رجاء إلا إليه, لا خشية إلا منه, ولا ذل إلا إليه, ولا طمع إلا في رحمته, ولا اعتماد إلا عليه ولا انقياد إلا لحكمه. ↗

— د محمد علي الصلابي

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