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One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.

Arthur C. Clarke
Atheist, Religion, Tragedy

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.

Arthur C. Clarke
Simple, People, Tragedy
"God, science, and delusion". "Free Inquiry" Interview with Matt Cherry, March 22, 1999.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

Arthur C. Clarke
Atheist, Religion, Tragedy
"Credo". Essay by Arthur C. Clarke (1991), later published in Arthur C. Clarke "Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays, 1934-1998" (p. 360), 1999.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in enforcing good behavior on primitive peoples, their association is now counterproductive. Yet at the very moment when they should be decoupled, sanctimonious nitwits are calling for a return to morals based on superstition.

Arthur C. Clarke
Tragedy, Calling, Hijacking

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