Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov Quotes

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars

We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.

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 think people can believe in anything.

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

Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.

A scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it may appear to the most cherished doctrines of religion.

Historically, religion has often proved a more lethal and more divisive force than any secular ideology. It has also often been a more divisive force than race.

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

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.

I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions.

Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.

Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.

Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from an epileptic.

Marxism, Freudianism, global warming. These are proof - of which history offers so many examples - that people can be suckers on a grand scale. To their fanatical followers they are a substitute for religion. Global warming, in particular, is a creed, a faith, a dogma that has little to do with science.

No, I'm not a scientologist.

Truth is truth, whether labeled 'science' or 'religion.'

Religion is the opium of the masses.

The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe successors - science, capitalism, consumerism.

All too often, the word 'religion' has become identified with those promoting a frankly anti-scientific view of nature and of our place in the natural world.

One man's cult is another man's religion.

It's not so much religion per se, it's false certainty that worries me, and religion just has more than its fair share of false certainty or dogmatism. I'm really concerned when I see people pretending to know things they clearly cannot know.

I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world.

In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right.

God save us from religion.