“Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.”– Clarence Darrow Related Quotes “The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.”– Dave Barry “Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.”– Tony Campolo “The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.”– Hugh Hefner