What are Voltaire's attitudes to religion?

is a
deist, so he is not necessarily opposed to religion as a whole, but he does have some very
strong negative attitudes toward major organized religions. Overall, Voltaire shows a strong
distaste for Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, with different reasons for each, and this is
evident in his work .

Above everything else, Voltaire
detests Christianity, at one point calling it essentially the worst human creation in the entire
world. He believes that it is manipulative and used as propaganda and that it leads to the
destruction of reason and freedom. He clearly displays this in the novel with the many instances
of his characters encountering evil or...