"I rejected religion a long time ago because I saw what it did to this country."
Of course, for some, this freedom has resulted in more people rejecting religion altogether.
Revolutionary France was well noted for being the first state to reject religion altogether.
It also appealed to some who had a materialist orientation and rejected organized religion.
He rejects the idea that scientists who reject religion are arrogant.
To be modern was to reject religion, or "superstition," and to believe in science.
There are also some Christians that reject organized religion altogether.
Though raised Catholic by his deeply religious mother, he later rejected religion and considers himself an atheist.
She says she was born Muslim, but has since rejected organized religion.
In being secular, the Government of Singapore does not reject religion.