Christopher Hitchens Religion Quotes

What did Christopher Hitchens say about Religion?

Christopher Hitchens has written many quotes about Religion. E.g.,

• My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.
• Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.
• A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope.

What are the top most famous Religion quotes by Christopher Hitchens?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Religion by Christopher Hitchens.

• My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.
• Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.
• A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope.
• Religion is compulsory in English schools, you know.
• Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.
• I don't think Romney is wacky at all, but religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things, believe and affirm crazy things. Left on his own, Romney would never have said something like the Garden Of Eden was in Missouri, and will be again.