Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody - not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms - had the smallest idea of what was going on. It comes from the bawling and fearful infancy of our species, and is a babyish attempt to meet our inescapable demand for knowledge. Today the least educated of my children knows much more about the natural order than any of the founders of religion.


God is Not Great (ed. Atlantic Books Ltd, 2011) - ISBN: 9780857897152

Christopher Hitchens Quotes

Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody - not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms -...

Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody - not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms -...

Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody - not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms -...

Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody - not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms -...