I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
The characters and events depicted in the damn bible are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
Good churches are not built by bad men; at least, there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society. These minsters… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Why would some all powerful being create creatures capable of reason and then demand that they act in a manner contrary to… — Josh Charles Copy Share Image
Since I was an atheist for many years and came to believe in God through my studies in science, it frustrated me… — John Clayton Copy Share Image
The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
When I think of an atheist I think of a person full of grief and depression, in a dark room. On the… — Zach Dutton Copy Share Image
“Anyone I love takes away part of my freedom, but in that case it is I who wished it; and there is… — Henry de Montherlant Copy Share Image
The essence of religious feeling does not come under any sort of reasoning or atheism, and has nothing to do with any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Although I'm an atheist, I try not to crap all over people's belief in God. It may be nothing more than a… — Oliver Gaspirtz Copy Share Image
It's strange that in an age when we pride ourselves on our independence of thought we meekly submit without further question to… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
My son Bill, who came to me in 1960-he was 14 then, quoted the old parable to me: "It is not by… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's okay, he's God.… — Dennis McKinsey Copy Share Image
I do not feel any contempt for an atheist, who is often a man limited and constrained by his own logic to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Worry is really just a form of atheism. Every time you worry, you're acting like an atheist. You're saying, "It all depends… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I've been an atheist since I was nine years old. And my mom is really religious, so we have a strange relationship.… — Tarsem Singh Copy Share Image
Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man running in… — Benjamin De Casseres Copy Share Image
I'd like to see atheism represented not only as an intelligent choice, but common sense. It shouldn't take years of study to… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
If you don't think you're close-minded for not believing in Zeus, then please don't accuse atheists of being close-minded for not believing… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia,… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
I wouldn't call myself an atheist. I neither deny nor accept that there is a God... So I do not laugh at… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I try to take people at face value and then beyond, taking them out of face value and out of the category… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
I think this word 'disbelieve' would be the best of all possible worlds if everybody were an atheist or an agnostic or… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Sociological Review revealed that atheists are the least trusted group in America—less trusted, even,… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“Atheism or similar charges was not unusual among intellectuals, nor condemned by the masses. The prize-winning plays of Aristophanes were not merely… — Benjamin Jowett Copy Share Image
true philosophical atheism must be regarded as a superstition, often nurtured by an infantile wish to live in a world proportionate to… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
I think true atheism is a rare thing in human affairs: Even in the most secularized precincts of Europe, a lot of… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
We live in a highly polarized society. We need to try to understand each other in respectful ways. To that end, I… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
“Zora was a woman of principle, an open atheist. At the age of thirteen, a priest had told her that animals had… — Téa Obreht Copy Share Image
Some days I feel like I'm an atheist. Most days, I feel like an agnostic. On a very rare day, I feel… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
The negative way [of describing God] is a cardboard prop of Christianity to conceal its unknowable God. When this prop collapses, theistic… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
“The atheist would never believe that the spiritual realm exists, unless the spiritual realm decides to scare them with a near-death or… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“[Religious belief is] outmoded and ridiculous. [Belief in gods was a] worn out but once useful crutch in mankind's journey towards truth.… — P.W. Atkins Copy Share Image
In theater or movies you see either 'I'm religious' or 'I'm an atheist.' I've never seen too much discussion of 'I believe… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
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