"Science knows it doesn't know everything otherwise it'd stop. "Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines." - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher. "The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others." - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher. Otherwise there'd be no religious people." "Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. What is fatal to the zealot ? Not being taken seriously." "The zealot doesn't mind being refuted, he can invent new justifications. "Well, if it can be destroyed by the truth then it deserves to be destroyed by the truth." "Suggesting I hate people with religion because I hate religion is like suggesting I hate people with cancer because I hate cancer." - Rick Gervais. "Religion is like chemotherapy, it may solve one problem, but it can cause a million more." - John Bledsoe. "When all is said and done, I'd like to think that the Phelps clan would only appear in the blooper section of the ' History of religion' boxset." - G.G.R.W. "Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." - Napoleon. "As a true believer, I would gladly give your life for my religion." "A mythology is someone else's religion, different enough from your own for its absurdity to be obvious." Like, stepping into a pile of dogshit makes you curse, but stepping into a pile of dinosaur shit makes you famous. "The difference between a cult and a religion is that the latter is old. "Religion is the organised, dogmatic corruption of spirituality." "A cult is a religion with no political power." - Tom Wolfe. "If your religion is worth killing for, please start with yourself." They rush to the lifeboat and as they get in, the rabbi says: 'What about the children?' The lawyer says: 'Screw the children!' The preist says: 'Do you think we have time?'" "A rabbi, a lawyer, and a priest are on the Titanic. "Q: What is the difference between a penis and the bible?Ī: Nothing, they both get shoved down your throat by catholic priests." "It's not prejudice if you call it religion." Don't show it off in public and don't shove it down your children's throat." "It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning." - Bill Waterson, Calvin & Hobbes. "If religious people could be reasoned with there would be no religious people." - Dr House. Religions are very flexible." - From Scott Adams' Holiday Thoughts, 2003.
An alternate reading of the holy books might lead you to rig a donkey cart with small mortar rockets and aim it at a hotel full of infidels. For example, one way to interpret God's will is that you should love your neighbor. "If you're following the news, you know that the major religions differ in their interpretation of the holy books. my religion is truth, yours is a lie." - Religion, paraphrased (unknown). My personal beliefs are supported and validated by my convictions. We practice vengeance, persecution, hatred and domination. "We preach peace, forgiveness, tolerance and love. "Love me, and obey me, or I will torture you forever." - The essence of the Fundamentalist Doctrine. To appease religious fundamentalists is not tolerance, but submission." "Tolerance is to let others live like they want. "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself." - Sir Richard Burton. "Beware of those who try to sell you simple answers to complex questions." - Scott Adams. "Religion is an organization bent on the dissemination of faith, over and above the meaning or truth of the object of that faith." "Respect your opinion ? My religion says I can't do that." It gives milk, but it also kicks." - Buddha. Some images available on a royalty-free compilation CD.I don't even guarantee that they are accurate. Since it's all a big rip-off, I am assuming no copyright whatsoever. The following are humorous (and sometimes serious too) quotes gathered from the Web, Usenet's personal. "The gods too are fond of a joke." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.).