Quote by Sigmund Freud
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. – Sigmund Freud

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I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it. – Ken Follet

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I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. – Peter Jennings

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Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. – Thomas Paine

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It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui. – Helen Keller

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