People value religion on the basis of cost, and they don't value the cheapest ones the most. Religions that ask nothing get nothing.
Rodney StarkMarines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat.
Rodney Stark[Some men are shortsighted, so] going to prison or going to hell just doesn't matter to these men.
Rodney StarkEvolution has primarily been an attack on religion by militant atheists who wrap themselves in the mantle of science in an effort to refute all religious claims concerning a creator - an effort that has also often attempted to suppress all scientific criticisms of Darwin's work.
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