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We aim in the domain of politics at republicanism; in the domain of economics at socialism; in the domain of what is today called religion, at atheism. ↗

— August Bebel

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All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#common people #excellent #keeping #people #quiet

Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind. ↗

— Paul Bert

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All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building. ↗

— Bono

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Religion is a personal matter between God and man, and that force plays no role in it ↗

— Mirza Masroor Ahmad

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...like a small stone deflected off a larger one, my brother had spun off toward the Almighty, though to my mind the events of that morning could just as well have cast him the other way. ↗

— Mark Slouka

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If god is a theory,religion is not the proof to that theory ↗

— Aswin

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