What most people call their "religion" is empty window-dressing, and what most people tout as their moral virtue is irrelevant, as long as they believe in the myth of "authority." Christians, for example, are taught things such as "If someone strikes you, turn the other cheek," "Love your neighbor" (and even "Love your enemy") and "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Yet every so-called Christian who believes in "government" constantly forsakes these principles, advocating constant aggression against everyone—friend and enemy, neighbor and stranger—via the cult of "government." To put on a show of being pious, religious, compassionate, loving and virtuous, while "voting" for a gang that promises to use violence to control the actions of everyone you know, is the height of hypocrisy. To refrain from personally robbing one's neighbor, while pushing for someone else to do it, is both cowardly and hypocritical. Yet almost every Christian (and every member of every other religion) does such things on a regular basis, by way of "political" advocacy. As mentioned before, faith in "government" is a purely religious belief. As such, the vast majority of those who wear the label "atheist" are not actually atheists, because they believe in the god called "government." They do not recognize it as a religious belief, of course, but their belief in that ethereal, superhuman savior of mankind ("authority") is as deep and faith based as any other religious belief.

Most Dangerous Superstition, Larken Rose