The following quotes are from writers throughout the ages, church fathers, rabbis, ministers and theologians, in which they admit to the trick of religion or which suggest their collusion to put forward a deceptive system for purposes of social and political control.

“I find no other means to prove myself to be impudent with success, and happily a fool, than by my contempt of shame ; as for instance, I maintain that the Son of God was born ; why am I not ashamed of maintaining such a thing ? Why? But ‘because it is of itself a shameful thing. I maintain that the Son of God died ; well, that is wholly credible, because it is monstrously absurd, — I maintain that after having been buried, he rose again; and this I take to be absolutely true, because it was manifestly impossible.”

(Tertullian, Quoted by Kev. R. Taylor, Diegesis, p. 45.)

“O Lord, I never spake a true word in my life, but I have always lived in dissimulation, and affirmed a lie for the truth to all men, and no man contradicted me, but all gave credit to my words.”

Hermes, mentioned by St. Paul (Rom. xvi, 14)

“For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I judged as a sinner?”

(Rom. iii, 7.)

“That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, but not understand.”

Mark 4:12

“A little jargon is all that is necessary to impose upon the people. The less they know the more they admire. Our forefathers and doctors have often said, not what they thought, but what circumstances and necessity dictated.”

Bishop Gregory Nazianzen to St. Jerome

“The people are desirous to be deceived; there is no acting otherwise with them. For my own part, to myself I shall always be a philosopher, but in dealing with the mass of mankind, I shall be a priest.”

Bishop Synesius, born in Gyrene, Africa, in the fourth century

The Book on the Creation (Bereishit/Genesis), when taken according to the letter, gives the most extravagant notions of the Deity. Whoever, therefore, should perceive their true meaning ought to take care not to divulge it. It is difficult for any one, either from the text itself, or from lights elsewhere afforded, to keep off from a good guess at what it means; but then he ought to say nothing about it.”

Rabbi Moses Maimonides RAMBAM, “Guide to the Perplexed”

To preserve equilibrium, the majority of men must be fools, and only the minority sensible, for the economy of society demands a coordination of manual labor and mental direction. Those who execute the manual labor, — building houses, tilling the ground, weaving cloth, — are subservient to those who direct the affairs of State. The laborer is a living tool.”

Rev S. Baring-Gold, 1870