“Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. So does whiskey,” is an excerpt from a larger passage Darrow Clarence articulated at an event, in 1925, in Kansas, Missouri. Clarence’s speech, in Missouri, was about the reasoning behind not believing in God. Lanny Swerdlow describes Darrow as an American lawyer, a fighter for civil rights, and movement speaker. Darrow was most known for his defense of thrill killers Loeb and Leopold in 1924. The whole quote is about the church being afraid of knowledge and what it can lead to. It specifically speaks about religion on the same scale as laughing gas and whiskey, this downsizes how important religion can be to others. Darrow is actually objectifying religion. Religion can
