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Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.88, Psychology Press

It is the things for which there is no evidence that are believed with passion.

Bertrand Russell (2009). “Fact and Fiction”, p.63, Routledge

RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by methods which are emotional or authoritarian, not intellectual.

Bertrand Russell, Richard A. Rempel, Beryl Haslam (2000). “Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22”, p.197, Psychology Press

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

Bertrand Russell (2013). “Education and the Social Order”, p.73, Routledge

[There has been] every kind of cruelty practiced upon all sorts of people in the name of religion.

Bertrand Russell (2016). “Why I Am Not a Christian”, p.17, Lulu Press, Inc

The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.67, Routledge

This, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return.

Bertrand Russell (1992). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959”, p.459, Psychology Press