Luther Burbank Quotes

Religion claims to be in possession of an absolute truth; but its history is a history of errors and heresies.

Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science.

In the forefront of science, there is not much difference between religion and science. People harbor beliefs. That's what happens when people believe something religiously.

I believe religion is man-made.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

Religious thinkers have done their best to twist science and philosophy to back up their law.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.

The best thing about science is that hard, empirical answers are always there if you look hard enough. The best thing about religion is that the very absence of that certainty is what requires - and gives rise to - deep feelings of faith.

My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on their own. That's not to say that all religious people are lunatics or idiots. It's anything but that.

Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.

Religion is the root of so much misery in the world, and I've always thought there is lack of criticism against it.

I don't really like the word 'religion.' To me, that's like rules and regulations and paying money to send up prayers. That kind of all weirds me out, honestly.

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.

I'm interested in the hope we invest in science, and the disappointment we can feel when science flattens, or 'explains,' the larger mysteries of religion.

In order to have faith, or follow any other organized religion, I'd have to suspend a degree of disbelief.

Religion is all bunk.

I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today.

The usefulness of religion - the fact that it gives life meaning, that it makes people feel good - is not an argument for the truth of any religious doctrine. It's not an argument that it's reasonable to believe that Jesus really was born of a virgin or that the Bible is the perfect word of the creator of the universe.

Religion is induced insanity.

You can believe what you want religiously. Religion is one thing, but science, provable science, is something else.

Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft.

Religion has caused more misery to all men in every stage of human history than any other single idea.