"The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry."

"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world."

"Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time."

"We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."

"Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands."

"All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince."

"Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse."

"If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise."