George Agnew Reid quotes

“Probably in all history there is no instance of a society in which ecclesiastical power was dominant which was not at once stagnant, corrupt and brutal.”
-- George Agnew Reid

#Religion Quotes #Brutal Quotes #Instance Quotes

“Religions survive mainly because they brainwash the young.”

Source : A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books

“If 'god' is a metaphysical term, then it cannot be even probable that a god exists. For to say that 'God exists' is to make a metaphysical utterance which cannot be either true or false. And by the same criterion, no sentence which purports to describe the nature of a transcendent god can possess any literal significance.”

“All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.”

“It is hard for many people today to make the distinction between religion and religiosity, the latter a dangerous parody of the former.”

“Religion becomes a state of mind achievable in almost any activity of life, if this activity is raised to a suitable level of perfection.”

“Embrace nature's brutal perfection.”

“The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.”

“I'm a strict materialist - but the police are brutal materialists.”

“in love: a momentary instance of bein almost interested in someone else as in oneself!”

“Anyone who knows of a provable instance of colour discrimination ought always to expose it.”