“Philosophy is to religion as psychoanalysis is to pseudoscience”

“Religions are often state-protected nurseries of pseudoscience, although there's no reason why religions have to play that role. In a way, it's an artefact from times long gone.”

“In our country religion is not different from philosophy and religion & philosophy don’t differ from science.”

“Isaac Asimov's remark about the infantilism of pseudoscience is just as applicable to religion: 'Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.' It is astonishing, moreover, how many people are unable to understand that 'X is comforting' does not imply 'X is true'.”

“Defining atheism as a religion is embellishment and bad philosophy.”

“There should be philosophy and knowledge for the elect, religion and sentimentality for the masses”