Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.
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The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion.
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether.
There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.
Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun.