Religion
.—a superstition, invented by the archbishop of hell, and propagated by his faithful diocesans the clergy, to keep the people in ignorance and darkness, that they may not see the work of iniquity that is going on. Under the mask and pretext of duty to God, they preach up the divine right of kings to tyrannize, and enjoin us to passive obedience and non-resistance to oppression.
Wherever God erects a house of prayer,
The devil always builds a chapel there;
And ’twill be found, upon examination,
The latter has the largest congregation.
