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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. – Seneca the Younger

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There is a story, which is fairly well known, about when the missionaries came to Africa. They had the Bible and we, the natives, had the land. They said “Let us pray,” and we dutifully shut our eyes. When we opened them, why, they now had the land and we had the Bible. – Desmond M. Tutu, “Religious Human Rights and the Bible”

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The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising. – Kit Williams

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Religion is the last refuge of human savagery. – Alfred North Whitehead

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If I dont talk about my religion, if I say Im not discussing it or different humanitarian things Im working on, theyre like, Hes avoiding it. If I do talk about it, it becomes, Oh, hes proselytizing. – Tom Cruise

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