When confronted with the order and beauty of the universe and the strange coincidences of nature, it's very tempting to take the… — Tony Rothman Copy Share Image
I am proud to be a Christian. I believe not only as a Christian, but as a scientist as well. A wireless… — Guglielmo Marconi Copy Share Image
The coercive effect of this policy is particularly pronounced in the school setting given the age and impressionability of schoolchildren, and their… — Alfred Goodwin Copy Share Image
As far as I can tell from studying the scriptures, all you do in heaven is pretty much just sit around all… — Rick Reynolds Copy Share Image
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Let's get up off our knees, stop cringing before bogeymen and virtual fathers, face reality, and help science to do something constructive… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Science needs the intuition and metaphorical power of the arts, and the arts need the fresh blood of science ... Interpretation is… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Their moral influence will then do infinitely more to advance the true interests of religion, than any measures which they may call… — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
Through inculcating the notion that sacrifice is a virtue, Christianity has succeeded in convincing many people that misery incurred through sacrifice is… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
I believe in God. It makes no sense to me to assume that the Universe and our existence is just a cosmic… — Antony Hewish Copy Share Image
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The significant contribution of empiricism was not the eradication of certainty, but the eradication of infallibility as a criterion of certainty. And… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
“There is no god, and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Poor humanity, to saddle the gods with such a responsibility and throw in a vindictive temper. What griefs they hatch for themselves,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Genocide is like a dessert. It is made of the flesh and bones of woman and children, it is sweetened with the… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
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One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
They think that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors, and they do not know that it is in the… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
It is extremely naive to think that mankind is capable of sinning against god. If god exists as a being who watches… — Gregory Wallace Campbell Copy Share Image
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Society bends over backward to be accommodating to religious sensibilities but not to other kinds of sensibilities. If I say something offensive… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Christianity ... that musty old theology, which already has its grave clothes on, and is about to be buried... A wall of… — Lucy Stone Copy Share Image
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Hawking has violated the unspoken rules of atheism. He isn't supposed to use words like 'create' or even 'made.' They necessitate a… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
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Damning, with bell, book and candle / Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal. / A rite permitting Satan to enslave him… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Theologians are all alike, of whatever religion or country they may be; their aim is always to wield despotic authority over men's… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
The hands that help are better far / Than lips that pray. / Love is the ever gleaming star / That leads… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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This religion and the Bible require of woman everything, and give her nothing. They ask her support and her love, and repay… — Helen H. Gardener Copy Share Image
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