Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse. Christopher Hitchens
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A lot of religions today are similar. They all have the same message, but they are different in the way they are delivered. If someone were to be presented with the Gospels, they may make an effort to take them seriously, but it would be hard for them to take them all seriously. This is because the people who wrote the Gospels are not respected figures today. This quote speaks about how some religions are presented as being nice, but then when it comes down to it, that is not what they are about.

Source: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

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