James Randi Quotes

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

A religion without rules or God isn't sustainable.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.

Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun.

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.

Organized belief in spirituality - that's what a religion is.

The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.

Religion is not changed as easily as a shirt.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order ...

Religion is a fraud, but it must be maintained for the masses.

Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven....

I'm fascinated by the business of belief, obviously, because it's so ever present with humanity anyway. And, you know, when you have science, which constantly talks of proofs, you have religion, which constantly talks of beliefs and faith and so on.

All organized religions are basically the same.

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.

Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.

All religions have been made by men.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art.

It is with this as with religion: one usually believes what he has been taught.

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.

Religion is a mixed blessing.