Positive secularism is not tolerance of all religions, but it is the total denial of religious beliefs: it is the emergence of… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
The expedition had now performed its functions. I saw that old father Nile without any doubt rises in the Victoria Nyanza, and… — John Hanning Speke Copy Share Image
With our goddess, the Pachamama, and it is not possible to continue having a monopoly of religious faith, only Catholic. We have… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
Well I wasn't really attacking the religious beliefs [in the song 'The Vatican Rag'], I was attacking the formality of the rituals… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
It makes sense that anybody with religious beliefs would pray that the Lord would watch over them and protect them as their… — Denzel Whitaker Copy Share Image
There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward… — Isaac Hayes Copy Share Image
I don't affiliate myself with any specific religious group. I connect to different ritualistic aspects of different belief systems, and I see… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I would like to see the lack of demonization for those of us who stand on sincerely held religious beliefs. It's overdue.… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
I have no religious belief myself, but I don't think we should fight about it. In particular, I think that we should… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
I support the rights of all people to practice their religious beliefs privately, but I oppose the idea of respecting religions. In… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
There can be no religious discourse which is in conflict with its environment and with the world and therefore, we Muslims need… — Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Copy Share Image
“attempting to understand what could have eroded our sense of community, an important role has traditionally been accorded to the privatization of… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Chauvet Cave is rather like the awakening of the modern human soul or I would say the awakening of modern human culture.… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
A lot of religious belief - even the majority - involves making factual claims about the world which do come into conflict… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
More and more people are becoming unable to accept traditional [religious] beliefs. If they think that, apart from these beliefs, there is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The argument against faith is all based upon the rigorous analysis of the scriptures, and not upon the objective observation of the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
We have to protect the rights of every person and group to follow their sincere religious belief peacefully without hurting other people. — Josh Hawley Copy Share Image
I believe in the dignity of every person. I believe that while we are all free to practice our religion, and to… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be… — John Howard Copy Share Image
It may be that today gold has become the exclusive ruler of life, but the time will come when man will again… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Americans have not only a right but a responsibility to consider the values of those who seek to lead them - whether… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
I have a standing offer of $250,000 to anyone who can give any empirical evidence (scientific proof) for evolution. My $250,000 offer… — Kent Hovind Copy Share Image
To show that there are natural processes that produce religious belief does nothing, so far, to discredit it; perhaps God designed us… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share Image
We were never created to settle for mere religion. Jesus did not die so that we could have a religious belief system… — Christine Caine Copy Share Image
Fundamental, Bible believing people do not have the right to indoctrinate their children in their religious beliefs because we, the state, are… — Peter Hoagland Copy Share Image
The materialist assumption that spiritual substances do not exist is as much an act of faith as the religious belief in the… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I respect your right to hold your religious beliefs, and if they help you, I think that's great. I would, however, like… — Scott Dikkers Copy Share Image
I hope for an America where no president, no public official, no individual will ever be deemed a greater or lesser American… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Way down deep the American people are afraid of an entangling relationship between formal religions - or whole bodies of religious belief… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I find most famous Christians to be full of themselves and of prejudice and self-loathing, masquerading as devout religious belief. I find… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“In any modern society encouraging your child to cut himself is an unthinkable act, but only with religious belief becomes part of… — Sean S Kamali Copy Share Image
Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those… — Ernest Istook Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state. We all have our own religious beliefs. There are people out there who… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Much of the left-liberal elite despise traditional religious beliefs ... in general, they are profoundly uncomfortable with religious institutions and the traditional… — William Bennett Copy Share Image