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religious prejudice and superstition

"There is hardly any other sphere in which prejudice and superstition of the most horrific kind have been retained so long as in that of women, and just as it must have been an inexpressible relief for humanity when it shook off the burden of religious prejudice and superstition, I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the whole world open before them." Isak Dinesen letter in 1923 to her sister Elle, "Letters From Africa: 1914-1931," ed. Frans Lasson (1981) Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

pretend to know

Our religious friends  pretend to know there are one or more gods. I am an atheist because I don't pretend to know there are one or more gods. I'm not an atheist because I pretend to know there are no gods. Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering