One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.

Picture Quote by Arthur C. Clarke

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.

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'LOVE YOURSELF' does not mean to do only what one feels or perceives is right,...

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'LOVE YOURSELF' does not mean to do only what one feels or perceives is right,...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing...

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Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing...

Don't wonder at those who are good without God. Pity those who need God to...

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Don't wonder at those who are good without God. Pity those who need God to...

Love is no respecter of age or practicality Neither morality: unabashed She enters where she...

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Love is no respecter of age or practicality Neither morality: unabashed She enters where she...

If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change

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If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a...

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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a...

... we live in a country in which a person cannot get elected president if...

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... we live in a country in which a person cannot get elected president if...

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that...

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The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that...

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on...

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When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on...

Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people.

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Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people.

Let your children develop their own damn opinions.

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Let your children develop their own damn opinions.

Fear not hell for if it exists you shall find yourself in good company.

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Fear not hell for if it exists you shall find yourself in good company.

God has no religion.

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God has no religion.

One can't prove that God doesn't exit, but science makes God unnecessary.

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One can't prove that God doesn't exit, but science makes God unnecessary.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

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Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

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Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because...

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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because...

If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people.

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If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people.

I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't...

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I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't...