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Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, [is] religion; not allowed, superstition. — Thomas Hobbes

A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion. — Jeremy Taylor

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of. — Joseph Joubert

Science is but one form of rationalism, while religion is the most common form of superstition. — Richard Dawkins

Theology is a superstition - Humanity a religion. — Robert G. Ingersoll

Christianity is such a silly religion. — Gore Vidal

Superstition is, always has been, and forever will be, the foe of progress, the enemy of education and the assassin of freedom. — Robert Green Ingersoll

It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion. — Publius Papinius Statius

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. — Voltaire

Christianity is a pestilent superstition. — Tacitus

Patriotism is a superstition, one far more injurious, brutal and inhumane than religion. — Gustave Herve

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition. — Christopher Hitchens

So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake ... Religion is all bunk. — Thomas A. Edison

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. — William Ralph Inge

Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition. — Edmund Burke

Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible. — Mark Hopkins

Deep scientific psychoanalysis reveals that excessive beliefs and dependence on religion is a superstition and fear induced psychiatric disease. — Debasish Mridha

Socialism, or communism as it is sometimes called, is merely a secular religion, where the State becomes a god. — Stefan Molyneux

In paganism light is mixed with darkness, and religion and truth are blended with superstition and error. — Lindley Murray

Education levels are highly and negatively correlated to religious belief. In other words, ignorance is bliss. — Cesar Nascimento

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. -Jose Bergamin, author (1895-1983) — Jose Bergamin

Faith is a euphemism for prejudice and religion is a euphemism for superstition. — Paul Kenneth Keller

Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty. — David Hume

There is a faculty in man that will acknowledge the unseen. He may scout and scare religion from him; but if he does, superstition perches near. — J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism. — Baha'u'llah

Tribalism is an addiction that is driven by false beliefs that need to be reflected back to be perceived as true. — Stefan Molyneux

I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge. — Baruch Spinoza

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence. — Marguerite Gardiner

Religion is not removed by removing superstition. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. — Edmund Blake

From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control. — Mario Bunge