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One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.

- Richard Dawkins, The Root of All Evil?

If God wanted to forgive our sins, why not just forgive them? Who’s God trying to impress? Presumably himself, since he is judge and jury, as well as execution victim.

- Richard Dawkins, The Root of All Evil?

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

- Richard Dawkins, The Root of All Evil?

It’s the strange thing about this church [Roman Catholic Church]. It is obsessed with sex, absolutely obsessed. Now, they will say we with our permissive society and our rude jokes are obsessed. No, we have a healthy attitude, we like it, it’s fun, it’s jolly. Because it’s a primary impulse it can be dangerous and dark and difficult. It’s a bit like food in that respect only even more exciting. The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. And that in erotic terms is The Catholic Church in a nutshell.

- Stephen Fry