A God comprehended is no God. (Ein begriffener Gott ist kein Gott.) — Gerhard Tersteegen Copy Share Image
There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“God has not yet revealed himself to no one in no unclear terms. Religions are attempts to find him; on that level… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Heidegger’s philosophy is neither atheism nor theism, but a description of the world from which God is absent.” — William Barrett Copy Share Image
Every established fact which is too bad to admit of any other defence is always presented to us as an injunction of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Human life lay foul before men's eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion's weight. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Countries with high levels of atheism are . . . the most charitable both in terms of the percentage of their wealth… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
You can't really be scientifically literate if you don't understand evolution. And you can't be an educated member of society if you… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
If religious freedom is to endure in America, the responsibility for teaching religion to public school children must be left to the… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives... But this does not satisfy the priesthood. They must have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am arguing that faith as such, faith as an alleged method of acquiring knowledge, is totally invalid and as a consequence,… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
I find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun, and are as irresistibly attracted by Him.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me that a being coming from another world, with a message of infinite importance to mankind, should… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
How so many absurd rules of conduct, as well as so many absurd religious beliefs, have originated, we do not know; nor… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...the priests of all these cults, the singers, shouters, prayers and exhorters of Bootstrap-lifting have as their distinguishing characteristic that they do… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
“So much enthusiasm about the non-existence of God is somewhat bewildering, as no one appears to be nearly as excited about a… — Vox Day Copy Share Image
“[Religious belief is] outmoded and ridiculous. [Belief in gods was a] worn out but once useful crutch in mankind's journey towards truth.… — P.W. Atkins Copy Share Image
Some say Christianity is just a crutch. But let's turn the question on its edge for a moment. Is atheism an emotional… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
“Logically, this kind of atheism did not prove that there was no God… On the contrary, Southwell was typical in placing the… — Edward Royle Copy Share Image
We repeat and again reaffirm that neither a State nor the Federal Government can constitutionally force a person 'to profess a belief… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
It is the best book ever written on the subject. There is nothing like it! — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Atheistic morality is not impossible, but it will never answer our purpose. — Roswell Dwight Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Your dunce who can't do his sums always has a taste for the infinite. — George Eliot Copy Share Image