It would not be surprising to find Hinduism the dominant religion of the twenty-first century.
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.
Religion is the most inflammatory enemy-labelling device in history.
“My religion,” said Ms. Brown, “is to try to falsify all hypotheses.”
The gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly.
Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.