Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good.

Philip Pullman
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations....
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations....
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations....
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations....
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Not only is religion bad for the world, it’s also bad for the individual. Religion is something that many people use to prop up their ego and strong will, which is why it feels so good to do wrong.

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