Quotes by Religion Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. Bertrand Russell power men religion RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by methods which are emotional or authoritarian, not intellectual. Bertrand Russell emotional god religion So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. Bertrand Russell atheist death religion The immense majority of intellectually eminent men disbelieve in the Christian religion, but they conceal the fact in public, because they are afraid of losing their incomes. Bertrand Russell christian men religion One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. Bertrand Russell atheism men religion Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless. Bertrand Russell atheism purpose religion Even if we could be certain that one of the world's religions were perfectly true, given the sheer number of conflicting faiths on offer, every believer should expect damnation purely as a matter of probability. Bertrand Russell numbers world religion Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed. Bertrand Russell atheism religion thinking I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue. Bertrand Russell atheism atheist religion This, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return. Bertrand Russell return earth religion Historically, it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all, and if He did we do not know anything about Him. Bertrand Russell atheism religion christ No opinion has ever been too errant to become a creed. Bertrand Russell opinion god religion If everything must have a cause, then God must have a cause. If there can be anything without a cause, it may just as well be the world as God, so that there cannot be any validity in that argument... The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our imagination. Bertrand Russell imagination ideas religion I am myself a dissenter from all known religions, and I hope that every kind of religious belief will die out. Bertrand Russell atheist religious religion 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 ordinary people religion The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs. Bertrand Russell belief profound religion The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Bertrand Russell anger math religion There is exactly the same degree of possibility and likelihood of the existence of the Christian God as there is of the existence of the Homeric god. I cannot prove that either the Christian god or the Homeric gods do not exist, but I do not think that their existence is an alternative that is sufficiently probable to be worth serious consideration. Bertrand Russell christian religion thinking The world in which we live can be understood as a result of muddle and accident; but if it is the outcome of deliberate purpose, the purpose must have been that of a fiend. For my part, I find accident a less painful and more plausible hypothesis. Bertrand Russell purpose world religion If everything has a cause, then God must have a cause. If there can be anything without a cause, it may just be the world as God. Bertrand Russell may world religion «910111213141516171819»