“In the Christian religion, though perhaps not in any other, we frequently find a conception of god that is selfcontradictory and therefore… — Richard Robinson Copy Share Image
Satyagraha means insistence on what one knows to be the truth. The insistence implies the exercise of free will as the need… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
“I don't accept the currently fashionable assertion that any view is automatically as worthy of respect as any equal and opposite view.… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Last-Minute Message For a Time Capsule I have to tell you this, whoever you are: that on one summer morning here, the… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
At no time have I ever said that people should be stripped of their right to the insanity of belief in God.… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“ Hap If but some vengeful god would call to me From up the sky, and laugh: “Thou suffering thing, Know that… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“Self talk and self prayer: When you audible the first and correctly interpret, the white coats correct you in a nuthouse. When… — Brian Spellman Copy Share Image
There are those who feel an imperative need to believe, for whom the values of a belief are proportionate not to its… — C. E. M. Joad Copy Share Image
Christianity cannot erase man's need for pleasure, nor can it eradicate the various sources of pleasure. What it can do, however, and… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
The hymns of David, the plays of Shakespeare, the metaphysics of Descartes, the crimes of Borgia, the virtues of Antonine, the atheism… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
I had always been scrupulously careful to avoid the smallest suggestion of infant indoctrination, which I think is ultimately responsible for much… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Number three: Stay away from the church. In the battle over science vs. religion, science offers credible evidence for all the serious… — Seth Mcfarlane Copy Share Image
For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
There was the strangest combination of church influence against me. Baker is a Campbellite; and therefore, as I suppose with few exceptions,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“...What I have denied and what my reason compels me to deny, is the existence of a Being throned above us as… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“I remember Bob saying, 'Some people who believe in God are good, and some people who believe in God are not good.… — Leslie Berlin Copy Share Image
Today we know not only that there is a terrible amount of disorder in the heavens - great catastrophes or conflagrations occur… — Joseph McCabe Copy Share Image
This much I can say with definiteness - namely, that there is no scientific basis for the denial of religion - nor… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
When indeed Religion is kindled into enthusiasm, its force like that of other passions is increased by the sympathy of a multitude.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Although I'm not Christian, I was raised Christian. I'm an atheist, with a slight Buddhist leaning. I've got a very strong sense… — Rachel Griffiths Copy Share Image
“No, not at all. I’m an atheist. You could say that I’m agnostic, but that’s just a certain kind of atheist (laughs).… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
These teachings in regard to woman so faithfully reflect the provisions of the canon law that it is fair to infer that… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The People will not allow themselves to be changed into hogs by the Circes of Atheism. Their souls will flash indignation against… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
The Romans had, like other Pagan nations, a nature festival, called by them Saturnalia, and the Northern peoples had Yule; both celebrated… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
The one function that most gods seem to have in common is to give human existence some ultimate purpose - and, while… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
“Now he haunts me seldom: some fierce umbilical is broken, I live with my own fragile hopes and sudden rising despair. Now… — James Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
“What is it that makes a person insist passionately on the existence of metaphysical realities that can be neither demonstrated nor refuted?… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution.… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
To be born in imbecility, in the midst of pain and crisis; to be the plaything of ignorance, error, need, sickness, wickedness,… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“...Whilst on board the Beagle I was quite orthodox, and I remember being heartily laughed at by several of the officers... for… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The danger of education, I have found, is that it so easily confuses means with ends. Worse than that, it quite easily… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Praying to the Almighty, Javert?” called a voice, and Javert opened his eyes to see Rousseau and Leclerc smirking at him. Javert… — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
The more a man is imbued with the ordered regularity of all events the firmer becomes his conviction that there is no… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Longhaired preachers come out every night, Tryin' to tell us what's wrong and what's right. But when asked about something to eat,… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“Think outside the box? Indeed. But to add balance to that, one should not in the process forget what the inside of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Here the only genuine conflict is between true believers. Of a given text in Holy Writ one faction may say this thing… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Religion is based ... mainly upon fear ... fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
