We do not believe religion belongs in this secular seat of government. One of the first actions of the fledgling Foundation in the late '70s was the successful effort to stop public funding of the annual nativity pageant in the Capitol. But other problems remain. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world.
Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.
Think of the hundreds of thousands of women burned as witches because of one bible verse. Think of the lethal Crusades and the unspeakable Inquisition. Reflect on the religious wars that engulfed Europe for centuries. Think of our own Civil War when slaveholders waved their bibles with its sanction of slavery. In more modern times, note that it took a century of struggle for women to achieve the right to vote, because of religious teachings of women's inferiority.