And now opiates are the opiates of the masses.

"Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed by inserting "Jesus Christ," so that it would read "A departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion;" the insertion was rejected by the great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mohammedan, the Hindoo and Infidel of every denomination."

-Thomas Jefferson

Yes, pick up any actual book that pertains to the theory of political policy. You may actually find true statements. I found an error in the word "opiate". This is not a correct abstraction.

Religion is well-meaning philosophy tied to a lie, claiming to come from a hidden power in order to scare people into following it. Any mistakes made by the philosopher then get set in stone and weak-minded people are then forced to make the same mistakes over and over again for the rest of time.

I've always like the saying, but it isn't accurate. Religion isn't a drug as a drug is a foreign substance that affects the body while religion lacks substance.

Religion is controlling the masses.

Genuine spiritualism is like the clean bowl after flushing religion down. So fresh and not full of shit.

My new favorite is "DON'T BE AN ATH-HOLE"

“When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.” Robert Pirsig

"Religion is like cancer, a hidden slow killer" - me

Religion is the grand deluder and user of people.