Society Without God Quotes

“...I found myself pondering the specific Christian American obsession with abortion and gay rights. For million of Americans, these are the great societal "sins" of the day. It isn't bogus wars, systemic poverty, failing schools, child abuse, domestic violence, health care for profit, poorly paid social workers, under-funded hospitals, gun saturation, or global warming that riles or worries the conservative, Bible-believers of America." pg33”
― Phil Zuckerman, Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment

“one can never predict or foresee what lies ahead when it comes to humans and religion.”
― Phil Zuckerman, Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment

“Simply that when immigrants come to a new land, they often turn to religion for a sense of ethnic solidarity and community. Sociologists have long recognized this phenomenon: immigration is consistently correlated with increased religiosity.”
― Phil Zuckerman, Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment

“Religion refers to concepts, rituals, experiences, and institutions that humans construct based upon their belief in the supernatural, otherworldly, or spiritual. For”
― Phil Zuckerman, Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment

“Phil Zuckerman, “Is Faith Good for Us?” Free Inquiry 26, 5 (2006): 35–38; Gregory S. Paul, “Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies,” Journal of Religion and Society 7, 1 (2005):”
― Phil Zuckerman, Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment

“Ubiquity must never be mistaken for biology.”
― Phil Zuckerman, Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment

“most of the world is bubbling with religious passions.”1”
― Phil Zuckerman, Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment