Its a really good quote but I can't remember who said it, it goes: "In a world without religion, good people will still do good things and evil people will still do evil things but only in a world with religion will good people do evil deeds." The wording is just from memory but its very similar to that, any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
2006-08-27 22:57:21 · 12 answers · asked by BlackCountryBob 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Found it.
With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil -- that takes religion.
Steven Weinberg (1933 - ) US Physicist
On the way, I found these (it was fun. Ok, i have very low expectations for what I define as fun...):
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
- Plato (427-347 B.C.)
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.
William Saroyan
US author (1908 - 1981)
"The good people sleep much better at night than the bad people. Of course, the bad people enjoy the waking hours much more."Woody Allen
Marie Ebner von Eschenbach:
Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.
English philosopher Edmund Burke said, ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph [of evil] is for good men to do nothing.’ (there's a whole web page on how this quote has been misquoted. I pasted the website below)
2006-08-28 02:10:01 · answer #1 · answered by maî 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I cannot find it, but wanted to say what an excellent way of putting the point it is!
All my life I have been amazed at the number of otherwise intelligent people still are afraid to reject the idea of any sort of supreme being - a concept thought up thousands of years ago to try and explain things that the world and its people were too undeveloped to understand.
The grief and suffering that this superstition continues to cause worldwide, promulgated by those who seek power over simple folks' minds is terrible.
How do people reject Father Christmas and the Easter Bunny when they become adults, but continue to accept an even bigger load of nonsense?
2006-08-28 06:16:16 · answer #2 · answered by Peter C 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Iv no idea, although it is a great quote i agree religion has caused more wars than anything else, take the Knights Templar for instance evil monks.
2006-08-28 06:04:18 · answer #3 · answered by jonibobs 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mahatma Ghandi
2006-08-28 06:08:56 · answer #4 · answered by Ace 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why world needs religion? I'm don't undertand why peoples needs to believe in a thing wich is responsible of such many diseases, murders, and crimes.
2006-08-28 06:07:49 · answer #5 · answered by Hades et Persephone 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wasnt it someone like mandela? or a church leader..i have heard the quote..but for the life of me i cant remember who said it..
2006-08-28 15:50:35 · answer #6 · answered by hondanut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive tried doing a web search
and nothing has come up sorry
2006-08-28 06:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a really good quote... and very true!
i'd be interested to know who said it too...
2006-08-28 06:05:42 · answer #8 · answered by charlie123 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
mahma gandhi
2006-08-28 06:07:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not me
2006-08-28 06:02:51 · answer #10 · answered by Practical 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋