Science and Religion

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Michael Crichton, in Science and Religion

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

George Bernard Shaw, in Science and Religion

There is only one blasphemy, and that is the refusal to experience joy.

Paul Rudnick, in Life and Death and Science and Religion

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

Bertrand Russell, in Science and Religion

Man is a credulous animal and must believe something. In the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

Bertrand Russell, in Science and Religion

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence; it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

Bertrand Russell, in Science and Religion

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

Bertrand Russell, in Science and Religion

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as to seem not worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

Bertrand Russell, in Science and Religion

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

E. Rutherford, in Science and Religion

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

George Santayana, in Science and Religion

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana, in Science and Religion

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

E. F. Schumacher, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Gilbert K. Chesterton, in Science and Religion

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

Winston Churchill, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Arthur C. Clarke, in Science and Religion

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God but to create him.

Arthur C. Clarke, in Science and Religion

Religion is the opiate of the masses.

Karl Marx, in Science and Religion

It is bad luck to be superstitious.

Andrew W. Mathis, in Science and Religion

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

Marshall McLuhan, in Science and Religion

There's always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong.

Henry Louis Mencken, in Altruism and Cynicism and Science and Religion