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Plato Philosopher
Religion

"But he who has been earnest in the love of knowledge and of true wisdom, and has exercised his intellect more than any other part of him, must have thoughts immortal and divine. If he attain truth, and in so far as human nature is capable of sharing in immortality, he must altogether be immortal."

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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
Religion

"RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by methods which are emotional or authoritarian, not intellectual."

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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
Religion

"If everything has a cause, then God must have a cause. If there can be anything without a cause, it may just be the world as God."

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Scott Adams Cartoonist
Religion

"Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion."

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
Religion

"God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills."

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Steve Allen Television Personality
Religion

"Millions of Germans had absolute faith in Hitler. Millions of Russians had faith in Stalin. Millions of Chinese had faith in Mao. Billions have had faith in imaginary gods."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Religion

"I do not want any patronage, as I do not give any. I am a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. I simply want to please my own conscience which is God."

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Freeman Dyson Theoretical Physicist
Religion

"I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension."

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John Adams Founding Father, Politician
Religion

"Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government and in all the combinations of human society."

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