“The state has its root in Time: it will have its culmination in Time. Greater things than it will fall; all religion will fall. Neither the conceptions of morality nor …
Publications
Philip Roth
“I’m exactly the opposite of religious, I’m anti-religious. I find religious people hideous. I hate the religious lies. It’s all a big lie. … I have such a huge dislike. …
Bruce Willis
“Organized religions in general, in my opinion, are dying forms. They were all very important when we didn’t know why the sun moved, why weather changed, why hurricanes occurred, or …
Sir Richard F. Burton
“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anyone but himself.” …
Jean Astruc
On this date in 1684, Jean Astruc was born in France, the son of a Protestant minister who converted to Catholicism. Astruc, who became a physician, was one of the …
Henry Morgentaler
“In Canada, you have fewer religious fanatics, there is much less violence in Canada and it’s a much more tolerant society.” …
James McMurtry
“I’ve never been religious. But most people seem religious, and it gets more and more bothersome as religious language invades common, spoken English. … Politicians have always tried to out-Christian …
Marilla Ricker
“A steeple is no more to be excluded from taxation than a smoke stack.” …
Weiss v. District Board
“There is no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights, malignant opposition, persecution, and war, and all evil in the state as religion. Let it once enter our civil …
