The Fabric of Our Religion

Xodar: The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious belief in lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us, to whose personal profit and aggrandizement it was to have us continue to believe as they wished us to believe.

Xodar The Gods of Mars (1918) by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Context: A captured black pirate, imprisoned with John Carter, begins to question the faith he was raised in.

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Source: Chapter X, The Prison Isle of Shador

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