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“Religion is the outcome of human weakness or the limitation of human knowledge.”
Beliefs make it easier to go through hardships, even make them pleasant. Man can find a strong support in God and an encouraging consolation in His Name. If you have no belief in Him, then there is no alternative but to depend upon yourself. It is not child’s play to stand firm on your feet amid storms and strong winds.
I know that will be the end when the rope is tightened round my neck and the rafters move from under my feet.
But it is man’s duty to try and make efforts. Success depends on chance and circumstances.
Instead of developing the ideas and experiments of ancient thinkers, thus providing ourselves with the ideological weapon for the future struggle, – lethargic, idle, fanatical as we are – we cling to orthodox religion and in this way reduce human awakening to a stagnant pool.
always in search of petty hoaxes to play upon people and snatch from them the power of Reason.
His ignorance, his poverty, and the contempt he receives from others will harden his heart towards society.
“only make a man firm believer in the immortality of soul, then rob him of all that he possesses. He will willingly help you in the process.”
The dirty alliance between religious preachers and possessors of power
Common people understand the merits of Socialist theory as far as general welfare is concerned but they oppose it under the pretext that it cannot be implemented.
all religions, faiths, theological philosophies, and religious creeds and all other such institutions in the long run become supporters of the tyrannical and exploiting institutions, men and classes.
