Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.
The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do.
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.
In reality, both religion and science are expressions of man's uncertainty. Perhaps the paradox is that certainty, whether it be in science or religion, is dangerous.
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
I think religion is as flawed an enterprise as any other human endeavor, but the interests and ambitions of religion are the right interests and ambitions.
There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history.
No opposing quotes found.