If the answers to prayer are merely what God wills all along, then why pray? — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
The trouble is that neutrality is confused with hostility. We're not disrupting churches, or interrupting people's prayers. We're not fighting religion. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe God is just figure of speech. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
There is joy in rationality, happiness in clarity of mind. Freethought is thrilling and fulfilling - absolutely essential to mental health and… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I'm proud to be an atheist - it helps me stand for so much more and fall for so much less. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I took about a year to fully adjust. Like there's a death at the family or a divorce, you don't just snap… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I am an atheist because there is no evidence for the existence of God. That should be all that needs to be… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
It turns out that the word atheism means much less than I had thought. It is merely the lack of theism. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
You keep accusing me of blasphemy all of the time, but I cannot be convicted of a victimless crime. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
You can cite a hundred references to show that the biblical God is a bloodthirsty tyrant, but if they can dig up… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But no one… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
It is wrong for a secular government to promote prayer. We think the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. What if the… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
There are many gods which Christians reject. I just believe in one less god then they do. The reasons that you might… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith!… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Look at the posture of prayer. It is the posture of slavery, of bowing before your master. We are a proudly rebellious… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
If faith is a valid tool of knowledge, then anything can be true 'by faith,' and therefore nothing is true. If the… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I have an Easter challenge for Christians. My challenge is simply this: tell me what happened on Easter. I am not asking… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Isn't atheism just another religion?' No, it isn't. Atheism has no creeds, rituals, holy book, absolute moral code, origin myth, sacred spaces… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
There is not a single contemporary historical mention of Jesus, not by Romans or by Jews, not by believers or by unbelievers,… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
People are invariably surprised to hear me say I am both an atheist and an agnostic, as if this somehow weakens my… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Without "The Law of Moses" would we all be wandering around like little gods, stealing, raping, and spilling blood whenever our vanity… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Atheists are suffering from bad PR. What if Sesame Street had an atheist character? — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
There is no evidence for a god, no coherent definition of a god, no good argument for a god, good positive arguments… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Basic atheism is not a belief. It is the lack of belief. There is a difference between believing there is no god… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Freethinkers reject faith as a valid tool of knowledge. Faith is the opposite of reason because reason imposes very strict limits on… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
It's not easy to change world views. Faith has its own momentum and belief is comfortable. To restructure reality is traumatic and… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
The very concept of sin comes from the Bible. Christianity offers to solve a problem of its own making! Would you be… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Not thinking critically, I assumed that the successful prayers were proof that God answers prayer while the failures were proof that there… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
It is a fact of history and of current events that human beings exaggerate, misinterpret, or wrongly remember events. They have also… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“The next time believers tell you that 'separation of church and state' does not appear in our founding document, tell them to stop using… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But no one has ever… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
You keep accusing me of blasphemy all of the time, but I cannot be convicted of a victimless crime. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“Faith is a cop-out. It is intellectual bankruptcy. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
It turns out that the word atheism means much less than I had thought. It is merely the lack of theism. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I took about a year to fully adjust. Like there's a death at the family or a divorce, you don't just snap your fingers… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Freethought is respectable. Freethought is crucial. Freethought needs to be publicized. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Freethinkers reject faith as a valid tool of knowledge. Faith is the opposite of reason because reason imposes very strict limits on what can… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
There are many gods which Christians reject. I just believe in one less god then they do. The reasons that you might give for… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
