John Toland: Quotes about religion

John Toland was Irish philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on religion.
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“I hold nothing as an article of my Religion, but what the highest evidence forced me to embrace.”

John Toland book Christianity not Mysterious

Christianity not Mysterious (1696), Preface

“That the sacred name of religion which sounds nothing but sanctity, peace and integrity should be so universally abused to patronize ambition, impiety and contention! And that what is our highest interest perfectly to understand, should (for reasons afterward to be laid open) both be maintained to be obscure, and very industriously made so!”

John Toland book Christianity not Mysterious

Christianity not Mysterious (1696), Preface

“Since Religion is calculated for reasonable Creatures, 'tis Conviction and not Authority that should bear Weight with them.”

John Toland book Christianity not Mysterious

Christianity not Mysterious (1696), Preface

“I hope to make it appear, that the use of reason in religion is not so dangerous as commonly represented.”

John Toland book Christianity not Mysterious

Christianity not Mysterious (1696), Preface

“Not only a few men, but oftentimes whole societies, whilst they consider things but very superficially, set such a value upon certain sounds, as if they were the real essence of all religion. … And yet, as I hinted now, they either signify nothing, or have been invented by some leading men to make plain things obscure.”

John Toland book Christianity not Mysterious

Christianity not Mysterious (1696), Preface