A Take on Religion

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.
Nicolas de Chamfort

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I think that religions are a way of crime prevention. Followers are led to believe that wrongdoers will be judged and punished on some celestial plain, therefore eliminating any need for earthly vengeance.