“I have found some astonishing answers to my questioning as to God and religion in his book.” …
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Robert Browning
“It is a lie — their Priests, their Pope, Their Saints, their … all they fear or hope Are lies, and lies — there! through my door And ceiling, there! …
Madame Restell
“Members of the American Female Moral Reform Society attempted to give her religious tracts when she was in prison, which she rejected, claiming she had enough novels.” …
George Clooney
“I don’t believe in heaven and hell. I don’t know if I believe in God. All I know is that as an individual, I won’t allow this life — the …
Margaret Cole
“[Conscientious objection] on religious grounds was for most part treated with respect, particularly if the sect had a respectable parentage. … But non-Christians who objected on the grounds that they …
Sigmund Freud
“Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.” …
John Scopes (Arrested)
On this date in 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes of Dayton, Tenn., was arrested for teaching evolution. About 10 weeks later, on July 21, a jury deliberated only …
Karl Marx
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the feelings of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of unspiritual conditions. It is the opium of the people.” …
Richard E. Grant
“I took a comparative religion course when I was at university to get an overview, but it had no impact whatsoever. As far as I’m concerned, Darwin has come up …
