One Man's View of Religion

Quotes of Robert Heinlein:

God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent -- it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these divine attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills. [Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Time Enough for Love, 1973]

Men rarely if ever manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. [Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Time Enough for Love, 1973]

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. [Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Time Enough for Love, 1973]

History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it. [Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Time Enough for Love, 1973]

The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove. [If This Goes On, 1940]

[h/t Gil Ross]