Religion Quotes
Religion is a page where believers and unbelievers share space. Shakespeare and Milton lead, but Robert Ingersoll and the biologist Jerry Coyne are close behind, and the sourced favourites lean sceptical: Bertrand Russell in Sceptical Essays (1928) on moralists and Hell, Bierce in 1911 calling religion a daughter of Hope and Fear.
Three entries are flagged. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep” is credited to the missionary Jim Elliot, and the notes call it a paraphrase of the English clergyman Philip Henry (1631–1696). Newton’s remark that he could calculate the motions of heavenly bodies but not the madness of the people is disputed, and it is usually tied to the South Sea stock bubble. A line about Earth and Heaven credited to David Hare is flagged misattributed.
The religion and the ethics of Jesus are utterly inseparable.
Religion is excellent cover for the unscrupulous; it is much harder to think than it is to pray.
Religions are not adaptations and they have no evolutionary functions as such.
Islam is not a religion of peace; it never has been and never will be.
If Islam is this "religion of peace", why is everyone so scared?
The charity of the Gospel must extend to all religions and the French hospitality to all people.
Religion of your upbringing is like a cloak - you must know how it is made in order to take it off.
Most tribal religions make no pretense as to their universality.