Quotes About Truth

None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.

Contradictory to my religion, I think, is journalism.

The most pernicious of absurdities is that weak, blind, stupid faith is better than the constant practice of every human virtue.

Most true believers, when faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, will hold on to those beliefs even more strongly.

Ah, reader, put thy trust in thy creator, and thou wilt be safe; but if thou trustest to the book called the scriptures thou trustest to the rotten staff of fable and falsehood.

A heathen philosopher once asked a Christian, 'Where is God'? The Christian answered, 'Let me first ask you, Where is He not?'

Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that youve grasped the truth.

Genuine religion is matter of feeling rather than matter of opinion.

The greatest proof that the Bible is inspired is that it has stood so much bad preaching.

Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue.

If people are foolish, they are bound to mix the personality and the Truth, and to build a temple around the personality and form a religion.

What excellent fools religion makes of men.

Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan - spoiled.

Two religions cannot both be right, because they contradict each other, yet they can both be wrong.

True believers are continually shown by reality that their god doesn't exist, but have developed extensive coping mechanisms to deal with this cognitive dissonance.

The truth is our country, our people, our liberties, and our way of life are under attack by radical Islamic terrorists who kill and destroy in the name of religion.

Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and triumphed for 1,500 years?

Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy.Bothyourreligionand policy must be basedon it.

Our religion will not clash with nor contradict the facts of science in any particular.

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

You got your God and so do I.

If you hear an old parable and you don't believe it, it's mythology. If you hear an old parable and you believe it, it's religion.