Quotes From "Illusion Of Religion: A Treatise On Religious Fundamentalism" By Abhijit Naskar

Religion without reason is merely an illusion of religion — it is a mockery of religion, like it has become today. Abhijit Naskar

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

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

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

Become the destroyer of sects - become the breaker of privileges — become the messenger of equality — become the prophet of goodness. Abhijit Naskar

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

Terrorism is born of fundamentalism not of religion. Abhijit Naskar

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

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

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

The real Jihad is an internal process, not an external one. Abhijit Naskar

Religion without reason is like making love without love. Abhijit Naskar

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

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

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

Religion is the Self revealing secrets of the Self to the Self. Abhijit Naskar

Morality does not come from a book, it comes from the human mind. Abhijit Naskar

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

Prejudices, mysticism, bigotry these things only distort religion, like they have actually done to the most religions of the world. Abhijit Naskar

Bring all your power out my friend, and throw away such Gods, such doctrines, such institutions, that impede in the path of human progress. Abhijit Naskar

A religion that demands absolutely irrefutable obedience, is anything but religion. Abhijit Naskar

Searching for truth without skepticism, is like having sex without a genital. Abhijit Naskar

If a God tends to reinforce the prejudices in a society instead of diminishing them from the society, then such God is worse than Cancer. Abhijit Naskar

Forget organized religions. Forget scriptures. Forget Gods, Fathers, Sons and Spirits. Forget all dogmas taught by the representatives of theoretical religion, and then only you shall be able to visualize the true core of religion. Abhijit Naskar

Real atheist is not the one that does not believe in an imaginary big monkey, but the one that gives the imagination more importance than the reality. Abhijit Naskar