I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps you lift heavy weight as heavy as you can handle and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion.
One of Dawkins' major gripes is against religion. I am in total agreement on that one. I abhor religion.
Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture religion or tradition propagates.
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion I would say I was against it.
Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand they do less easily move against him believing that he has the gods on his side.
The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.
Master of the universe but not of myself I am the only rebel against my absolute power.