A few more quotes… about the way that religious faith can persuade people to be their less charitable selves…
“Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion” (Steven Weinberg).
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” (Voltaire).
“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction” (Blaise Pascal).
“Cruel men believe in a cruel God and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly God, and they would be kindly in any case” (Bertrand Russell)…
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