This quote by George Carlin is a commentary on the power of religious beliefs and its capability to control individuals's minds. Carlin is suggesting that religious beliefs is used as a tool to manipulate individuals into believing particular concepts and following certain rules. He indicates that religious beliefs is utilized to control people's ideas and habits, which it is not always based on fact or reality. He is likewise implying that faith is used to control people's emotions and feelings, and to keep them in line with particular beliefs and values. Carlin's quote is a criticism of the power of religious beliefs and its ability to control individuals's minds. He is suggesting that faith is used as a tool to manipulate people into believing specific concepts and following certain guidelines, which it is not always based on reality or truth.
This quote is written / told by George Carlin between May 12, 1937 and June 22, 2008. He was a famous Comedian from USA.
The author also have 48 other quotes.
"Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth"
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite"
"War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it"
"It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic structure, on society, on politics, etc. It's that everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of nature of life"
"Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time"
"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart"
