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Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series) QUOTES

Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series) QUOTES

1 " Religion without reason is merely an illusion of religion – it is a mockery of religion, like it has become today. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

2 " When the mind is without fear and prejudice, and the head is held high with the strength of reasoning, then only the brightest rays of religion can penetrate the darkest corners of the human society. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

3 " Whether you call yourself a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Hindu or an Atheist, if you have kindness in your heart and compassion in your act, you are on the right path of religion. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

4 " Holiness in the purest form is independent of all textual doctrines, all churches and all institutions. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

5 " Blind faith is not real religion my friend. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

6 " Acceptance is religion, sectarianism is blasphemy. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

7 " Humanism is the purest expression of your soul as a human. It has no God to be concerned with, except for the living Gods, that is the humans. It has no doctrine to abide by, except for the natural doctrine of love and benevolence. That's the religion we need my friend. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

8 " The term spirit might have evolved in a mystical fashion, but in today’s civilized and thinking society, it refers to simply your inner self. Spirit is the self, and the self is the soul. Hence, a spiritual person is a person who is more interested in realizing his or her inner self, than giving in to any conformity of the society. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

9 " Become the destroyer of sects - become the breaker of privileges – become the messenger of equality – become the prophet of goodness. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

10 " Real religion does not mean Gods - it does not mean Angels and Demons - it does not mean miracles of healing. Real religion is all about you and your fellow humans. There is nothing else. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

11 " Terrorism is born of fundamentalism not of religion. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

12 " The world needs the kind of religion that sets humanity free, not the kind that binds it with textual fanaticism. The world needs the kind of religion that humanizes the society, not the kind that dehumanizes it. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

13 " Let your conscience be your scripture and your actions be your religion. Let the humans be your church and compassion be your worship. Let love be your gospel and acceptance be your revelation. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

14 " The Kingdom of God is, in reality, the mental kingdom of a conscientious, compassionate and courageous human. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

15 " The real Jihad is an internal process, not an external one. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

16 " Be skeptic, be doubtful, be rebellious towards every single dogma of the society. Only then there will be hope of progress for humanity. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

17 " I don’t want to take away anybody’s religion, but simply to make them see what religion really means. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

18 " There are no other heaven and hell outside the human mind. Goodness is heaven, hatred is hell. Acceptance is religion, sectarianism is blasphemy. Love is holiness, discrimination is sin. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

19 " Morality does not come from a book, it comes from the human mind. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)

20 " In the world of primitive savages, religion and bigotry go hand in hand. But, in the world of civilized humans, religion and reason must go hand in hand. "

― Abhijit Naskar , Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism (Humanism Series)