Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch. Larry Flynt begincausecrutch Change image and share on social
Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow bodycloudydead Change image and share on social
The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of this country have allowed sports to get completely out of hand. Howard Cosell allowattachecompletely Change image and share on social
To the man who reads 'Scouting for Boys' superficially, there is a disappointing lack of religion in the book. But to him who tries it in practice, the basic religion underlying it soon becomes apparent. Robert Baden-Powell apparentbasicbook share on social
There is no religion that was founded on intolerance - and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life. Mohamed ElBaradei foundhumanintolerance Change image and share on social
No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion. Jeremy Bentham articlebeliefemploy Change image and share on social
The fact that I don't have any particular need for religion doesn't mean that I have a need to cast religion aside the way some of my colleagues do. Brian Greene castcolleaguefact Change image and share on social
U2 have a lot of religion, also people like Johnny Cash and Elvis. Those people weren't shy about it - it's nice there are people who've come before that were open about it. Brandon Flowers cashelvishave Change image and share on social
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science. Sam Harris conflictdogmaexpense share on social
My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on their own. That's not to say that all religious people are lunatics or idiots. It's anything but that. Sam Harris concernidiotlunatic share on social
