Religion - it's a powerfull healing force in a world torn apart -- by Religion.
-- Jon Stewart

"Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense."
�- Chapman Cohen

"Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, yet he will make gods by the dozen."
�- Michel de Montaigne

"Of all bad men, religious bad men are the worst."
�- C.S. Lewis, noted Christian author

"Ethical people will do what is right, no matter what they are told. Religious people will do what they are told, no matter what is right." �- unknown

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
�- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

"No actual tyrant known to history has ever been guilty of one-hundredth of the crimes, massacres, and other atrocities attributed to the Deity in the Bible."
�- Steve Allen

"Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer."

"Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason."
� Martin Luther

Q: In 2002, long before Bush�s current travails, you wrote, �Mark my words, he will leave office the most unpopular President in history.� How did you know that then?

Gore Vidal: I know these people. I don�t say that as though I know them personally. I know the types. I was brought up in Washington. When you are brought up in a zoo, you know what�s going on in the monkey house. You see a couple of monkeys loose and one is President and one is Vice President, you know it�s trouble. Monkeys make trouble. (Aug. 2006)
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