“Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it’s the cyanide.”– Tom Robbins Related Quotes “Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.”– Ulysses S. Grant “There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.”– Charles Caleb Colton “It was a real surprise to me to come across the evidence that Christianity might once have been a danced religion. Certainly, some of the early church leaders thought this was great and spoke of what seems to have been circle dancing, perhaps around an altar.”– Barbara Ehrenreich