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Bad Religion

«But with dogs, we do have ?bad dog.? Bad dog exists. ?Bad dog! Bad dog! Stole a biscuit, bad dog!? The dog is saying, ?Who are you to judge me? You human beings who?ve had genocide, war against people of different creeds, colors, religions, and I stole a biscuit?! Is that a crime? People of the world!??Well, if you put it that way, I think you?ve got a point. Have another biscuit, sorry.?»
«Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping Doubt»
«Religion which is interested only in itself, in its prestige and success, in its institutions and ecclesiastical niceties, is worse than vanity; it is essentially incestuous.»
«Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst»
«We may not understand how the spirit works; but the effect of the spirit on the lives of men is there for all to see; and the only unanswerable argument for Christianity is a Christian life. No man can disregard a religion and a faith and a power which is able to make bad men good. . .»
«When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft: Protestantism, in its corresponding decay, becomes a vague mist of ethical platitudes»
«Politicians need religion even more than a hermit in retreat. If a hermit acts out of bad motivation, he harms no one but himself. But if someone who can directly influence the whole of society acts with bad motivation, then a great number of people will be adversely affected.»
«As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents»
«Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.»
«Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite.»

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