George Bernard Shaw Quotes About Religion
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I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.
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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
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I am a sort of collector of religions: and the curious thing is that I find I can believe in them all.
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The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world itself was going to last.
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I loathe the mess of mean superstitions and misunderstood prophecies which is still rammed down the throats of children under the name of Christianity.
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Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
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Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!
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At present there is not a single credible established religion in the world.
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Religion is a great force - the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get at a man through his own religion and not through yours.
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All great truths begin as blasphemies.
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Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.
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All religions begin with a revolt against morality, and perish when morality conquers them.
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My religion? Well, my dear, I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.
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No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means.
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I have found, after a good deal of consideration, that the best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for Him here.
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Most people do not pray; they only beg.
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Whether you think Jesus was God or not, you must admit he was a first-rate political economist.
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The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
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There is nothing in religion but fiction.
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
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