“All true believers have good reasons for disbelieving in every god except their own,' said Birbal, 'and so it is they who,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I think the fault is more with historicists who have stubbornly failed to develop a good theory of historicity. By simply resting… — Earl Doherty Copy Share Image
“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to… — Sir Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
If some incarnation of evil as unambiguous as Hitler appeared again, I would have no moral qualms about killing the enemy. But… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
“That scientifically savvy philosopher Daniel Dennett pointed out that evolution counters one of the oldest ideas we have: 'the idea that it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion go hand in hand. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
How some dare scorn (as if a fabulous lie) that they should rise whom death to dust doth bind -- and like… — William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling Copy Share Image
The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
The prejudice of unfounded belief often degenerates into the prejudice of custom, and becomes at last rank hypocrisy. When men, from custom… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
One day I was just looking at the coins is what brought this up. I saw "In God We Trust" on my… — Michael Newdow Copy Share Image
The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration. — John Locke Copy Share Image
“As a society, we assume that humans naturally run from emotions like suffering, helplessness, and hopelessness, but the truth is these emotions… — Simone Collins Copy Share Image
“If only religion were an opiate. No known narcotic rots the brain so fast.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The savages are upon me and I feel my flesh burn beneath the teeth of their indifference. — Jewel Copy Share Image
God affords no man the comfort, the false comfort of Atheism: He will not allow a pretending Atheist the power to flatter… — John Donne Copy Share Image
“We do not need to eliminate religion, or let me be a bit articulate and say – we cannot eliminate religion from… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I don't mind if other people call me an atheist, but I call myself a naturalist. Atheism doesn't tell you much about… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
The challenge of elucidating living processes -- including consciousness and all its baggage which we bundle together as 'the human spirit' --… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The fervor and single-mindedness of this deification probably have no precedent in history. It's not like Duvalier or Assad passing the torch… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
If there is a soul, what is it, and where did it come from, and where does it go? Can anyone who… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The miracle stories of the New Testament can no longer be interpreted in a post-Newtonian world as supernatural events performed by an… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing; but instead of nonchalantly promenading our own corruption, we exude our… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
