Atheism Quotes · Page 104

The faith in which I was brought up assured me that I was better than other people; I was saved, they were…

— Robert A. Heinlein

You don’t have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have…

— Penn Jillette

Puritans should wear fig leaves on their eyes.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

— Anonymous

A belief is not true because it is useful

— Anonymous

“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind, and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect. [ Letter to William Bradford…

— James Madison

[T]he bill exceeds the rightful authority to which governments are limited by the essential distinction between civil and religious functions, and violates…

— James Madison

“Who gave the decisive deathblow to the argument from design on the basis of biological complexity? Both philosophers and biologists are divided…

— Maarten Boudry

Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, and delicately balanced to provide exactly the…

— Arno Allan Penzias

There is no gospel of atheism. Atheists don't pray at the altar of a Richard Dawkins poster.

— Gad Saad

The moral decisions of others should be treated with respect, as long as such decisions do not conflict with the principle of…

— Karl Popper

If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism — at least in the sense of this…

— Ludwig Feuerbach

Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It's nothing to brag about...Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings, who…

— Bill Maher

The church lives because it witholds the results of the historical Jesus-research from you

— Hans Conzelmann

He who does not believe in hell is in the greatest danger of landing there.

— Eduardo Schwank

The belief in eternal torment, still subscribed to by fundamentalist Christian denominations, undoubtedly ranks as the most vicious and reprehensible doctrine of…

— George H. Smith

Tell me there is a God in the serene heavens that will damn his children for the expression of an honest belief!…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

You can say the dirty words now, but there is no content - political satire is limited to small podiums and little…

— Tommy Smothers

In fact, it is because the nature of prayer is so personal and can have such a powerful effect on a community…

— Barbara Brandriff Crabb

No Discourse whatsoever, can End in absolute Knowledge of Fact.

— Thomas Hobbes

Countries with high levels of atheism are . . . the most charitable both in terms of the percentage of their wealth…

— Sam Harris

The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children.

— Albert Einstein

It's incongruous that the older we get, the more likely we are to turn in the direction of religion. Less vivid and…

— Edward Hoagland

If a plane crashes and 99 people die while 1 survives, it is called a miracle. Should the families of the 99 think so?

— Judith Hayes

It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine…

— Calvin Coolidge

Agnosticism is a perfectly respectable and tenable philosophical position; it is not dogmatic and makes no pronouncements about the ultimate truths of…

— Sydney J. Harris

I think what bothers me so much of the time, is they take the data and theory and distort it. They must…

— Eugenie Scott

In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.

— Thomas Hobbes

“Skepticism is my nature. Free Thought is my methodology. Agnosticism is my conclusion. Atheism is my opinion. Humanitarianism is my motivation.”

— Jerry DeWitt

“Live with the consequences of your deeds and enjoy the warmth they create. The only warmth in the cold, indifferent universe is…

— Peter Watson

What preoccupies us, then, is not God as a fact of nature, but as a fabrication useful for a God-fearing society. God…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

There's probably no God. So stop worrying and enjoy your life.

— Ariane Sherine

“Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong.…

— George Carlin

The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

— Samuel Rutherford

“In order to put an end to our conflicts; we must put an end to the religions people stupidity.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

I know few Christians so convinced of the splendor of the rooms in their Father's house, as to be happier when their…

— John Ruskin

If defamation of religion was illegal it would be a crime for me to say that the notion of transubstantiation is so…

— Ian O'Doherty

There is a chalk outline slowly being drawn around common sense and most people can't identify the victim.

— Dennis Miller

The furies are at home in the mirror; it is their address. Even the clearest water, if deep enough can drown. Never…

— R. S. Thomas

“She had no God to plead to for mercy or luck. It would be true to say she depended instead on human…

— Deborah Levy