I have one in my pocket here from the first century BCE by Lucretius, the author of "On the Nature of Things," who said, "Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum" -- I should have been able to learn that by heart — which is, that's how much religion is able to persuade people to do evil, and he was talking about the fact of Agamemnon's decision to place his daughter Iphigenia on an altar of sacrifice in order to preserve the prospects of his army.
ここに１つ持ってきました 紀元前１世紀 『物の本質について』の著者 ルクレティウスは こう言いました "Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum ..."  暗記できていないのですが 要は 宗教が人々を促して どれほど邪悪なことをさせるかを説明し その例として アガメムノンが 自軍の進軍を続けられるように 娘のイーピゲネイアを 生贄の祭壇に捧げようと 決意したことをあげました