"Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache."

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"A satirist that criticizes religion is seen as a satanist."

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"Only the Prince of Peace gives peace."

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"There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"There was only one guy in the whole Bible Jesus ever personally promised a place with him in Paradise. Not Peter, not Paul, not any of those guys. He was a convicted thief, being executed. So don't knock the guys on death row. Maybe they know something you don't."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory."

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"The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

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"Keep your hope in the Lord."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Religion is a cultural relic inherited from ancient civilizations that doctrinal influence persists globally in modern times. Religious people rely upon their notional belief in the primal innocence of human beings in order to support the abstract supposition of inherently benevolent God guiding human souls."

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"Unlike most other world religions, Buddhism has never been too rigid in its structure."

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