Noun
an institution to express belief in a divine power
Source: WordNetOrganized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people. Jesse Ventura
Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from childhood. Grace Slick
I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature. Neil Young
Violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children: organized religion ought to have a great deal on its conscience. Christopher Hitchens
The last bastions of resistance to evolutionary theory are organized religion and cultural anthropology. Napoleon Chagnon
Making men live in three worlds at once - past, present and future has been the chief harm organized religion has done. Elbert Hubbard