“The very same qualities that make [religion] so powerful — because it can place a transformative lens over the ways we perceive reality and can make our lives more tolerable …
Day: August 2, 1980
James Baldwin
“If the concept of God has any validity or use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is …
Peter O’Toole
“I am a retired Christian.” …
Barbara G. Walker
“[T]he very fears and guilts imposed by religious training are responsible for some of history’s most brutal wars, crusades, pogroms, and persecutions, including five centuries of almost unimaginable terrorism under …
Civil Rights Act Enacted
“An act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public …
George Sand
“[I reject Christianity’s anthropomorphic God,] made in our image, silly and malicious, vain and puerile, irritable or tender, after our fashion.” …
Larry David
“Religion should be made fun of. It’s quite ridiculous, isn’t it? This is how people spend their lives. They have no idea, then they go around as if this is …
Harriet Hall
“Religion can impact health in good ways, but often it has a bad impact on the health of the believer and also on the health of others. I fully support …
Thomas Hardy
“Peace upon earth!” was said. We sing it, And pay a million priests to bring it. After two thousand years of mass We’ve got as far as poison-gas. …
