“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise….During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in laity; in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution.”

-James Madison

“I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved – the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!”

-John Adams

“It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin’s general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and also have done as much as he did to make others unbelievers”

- Joseph Priestly, on Benjamin Franklin

“I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Protestant church, nor by any Church that I know of. My own mind is my church. ”

-Thomas Paine

great website http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?id=6177

the worst part is that I am deeply religious and was educated (very well!) in private catholic schools. These are not experts, they are Pharisees…..

Can anyone doubt that we are headed towards another American Civil War? Bloodshed is on the horizon in the next 50 years—mark my words. You heard it here first.

Charles, please stop making things worse than they already are with statements like that. Get off of your ass and vote progressive candidates into public office or get active even more than you are now.