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I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world.

The sad part about our past is that religions, ironically enough, are responsible for creating the most destructive idea that has ever been visited upon the human race: the idea that there is such a thing as 'better.'

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces in history.

Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.