The 30 best famous phrases against the Church (and religion)

Many people around the world devoutly follow the Christian religion. There are approximately 2.1 billion people who follow this religion, especially in America and Europe, which makes it the most widely practiced religion in the world.

It is, therefore, a very widespread religion, and in fact closely linked to the history of Western Culture. But this does not mean that everyone is in favor of what it represents within these countries.. In this article we are going to see 30 famous phrases against the Church and religion in general of great people in the West.

The 30 great phrases against the Church and faith in religious dogmas

For more than two thousand years the hegemony of Christianity has been enormous. In any case, there have always been critical voices, and great historical figures belonging to Western Culture have questioned the Church and the faith in the dogmas of the Catholic Church.

The following quotes are phrases spoken by actors, scientists, philosophers, writers... in short, a large selection of the best 30 famous phrases against the Church and religion.

1. Religions are like fireflies, they need darkness to shine.

The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer he did not doubt that religion took advantage of human fears

2. I'd rather be an ape than a bishop.

Thomas henry huxley he spoke these words, that he said against a bishop who insulted Charles Darwin.

3. Christianity could be good, if someone tried to practice it.

According George Bernard Shaw Christianity is a good doctrine in theory, but in practice no one follows it as it should be followed.

4. Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Benjamin Disraeli He believed that religion is a resource for the human being to satisfy the restlessness generated by what he does not understand.

5. All national church instructions, be they Jewish, Christian or Turkish, seem to me no more than human inventions, created to scare and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and Profits.

The truth is that we could not ask that the intellectual, politician, revolutionary, writer and inventor Thomas paine was more explicit.

6. The greater the ignorance, the greater the dogmatism.

In order to Sir William Osler it is easy to believe in certain dogmas such as those offered by religion if ignorance is not remedied.

7. Believe in God? If you believe in Him, He exists; if you don't believe, it doesn't exist.

Maxim Gorky He believed that everything related to belief in God is within us.

8. You do a thousand offenses to God, as you say, ordinarily, and with praying a rosary, do you think without going to heaven?

The great Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes He questioned the hypocrisy of all those people who only by praying believe that they can feel liberated from their sins.

9. God would never have reached the general public without the help of the devil.

Jean Cocteau he is very sharp in this quote in which he comes to say that good causes were never popular.

10. If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can vaccinate him... Apply science.

The great American popularizer Carl sagan he tried to make people reflect with pedagogy at a time when vaccines were not well seen by the entire population.

11. No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony is of such a type that its falsehood is more miraculous than the fact it is trying to establish.

This phrase is from the famous empiricist philosopher David hume, who obviously believed that everything has to be proven.

12. Christianity has done a lot for love by turning it into sin.

Anatole France He believes that Christianity perverts the meaning we give to love.

13. Too much doubt is better than too much gullibility.

Robert G. Ingersoll showed that whoever blindly believes in something may be taking the best of options.

14. Divinity is in you, not in concepts or books.

According Hermann Hesse we must believe more in ourselves and not in the "truths" that we find outside of our being.

15. Skepticism is the first step towards the truth.

Denis Diderot he believed that religion was a stone in the way that can lead us to truth.

16. I'm an atheist, thank goodness.

The film director Luis Bunuel towards this joke making use of the popular expression famous.

17. Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Adam smith He believes that we are in a hostile situation governed by false beliefs, and that thanks to science we can unmask them.

18. I don't put my ignorance on an altar and call it God.

Robert charles wilson He is of the opinion that people should not fill the void left by their limitations of understanding with God.

19. If God only gave me a simple sign, like making a deposit in my name in a bank ...

Woody Allen he is known for his unique way of being, and he has no problem in making humor debunking that God can exist.

20. I don't know if God exists, but if he exists, I know that he will not mind my doubt.

Mario Benedetti he has this impression, he does not seem to be particularly concerned with whether or not God exists.

21. Whenever philosophy has dealt with religion it has ended in skepticism.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge he shows that thinkers who have philosophized deeply about religion have come to conclusions that push them not to believe in it.

22. Ignorance is preferable to error; and he who does not believe in anything is less far from the truth than he who believes something that is incorrect.

Thomas jefferson He said this phrase that can be applied to everything that involves religion.

23. Saying that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more than saying that a drunkard is happier than someone sober.

George Bernard Shaw He is clear that the fact that someone believes in God and feels that his life is happier from him does not mean that he is closer to the truth.

24. In every country and every era, the priest has been hostile to freedom.

Thomas jefferson takes into perspective the impact of religious men on the deprivation of freedoms of human beings in any historical community.

25. Of all the tyrannies that affect humanity, the tyranny of religion is the worst. All other species of tyranny are limited to the world we live in, but this one tries to leap beyond the grave and seeks to haunt us in eternity.

Again we see that Thomas paine it doesn't bite its tongue when it comes to religion.

26. Denying God will be the only way to save the world.

This phrase is from Friedrich Nietzsche, the great German philosopher. It seems that he did not have high hopes for religion.

27. I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for his reputation if he didn't.

Jean renard believes that under the name of God many atrocities are represented.

28. The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round; for I have seen his shadow on the moon and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.

The great Portuguese explorer Fernão de Magalhães It was clear to him centuries ago that he should not believe everything religious men said. His life experience gave her enough evidence to question his words.

29. Without Man, there is no God. For only Man can be so vain to believe that the whole universe was made for him.

In order to Javier CorreaThat man believes that he is the greatest work of God and that he created the universe at his disposal is ridiculous.

30. The fear of invisible things is the natural seed of what each one in himself calls religion.

Thomas Hobbes He believed that religion is a response that the individual gives to protect himself from everything that he does not know because it is of an unknown nature.