Religion isn't always pretty. Especially viewed from the outside, by an unbeliever.
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.
I don’t go by my caste, creed, or religion. My works speak for me.
I can't get with any religion that advertises in Popular Mechanics.
Religion is...a conspiracy of...priests to gain control over the people...
[L]oyalty and religion have many meanings, and self-interest is a skilled interpreter.
I would rather be defeated than make capital out of my religion.
Prejudice is poison, fed to us from an early age by our families, religions and societies.