America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
Organized religion, wielding power over the community, is antithetical to the process of what modern democracy should define as liberty. The sooner we are without it, the better.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.
Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution.
Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
For a person who is very much involved with the institution of religion but has lost the religious spirit, the 'religion' label is the real threat to liberty.
Patriotism is the religion of hell.