Not far from the invention of fire we must rank the invention of doubt. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
“The difference between a theist and an atheist is the degree to which God has revealed himself to them.” — Eli Of Kittim Copy Share Image
The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation. — George Sarton Copy Share Image
The sole purpose and effect of it is to exclude persecution and to secure the important right of religious liberty. — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
Incurably religious, that is the best way to describe the mental condition of so many people. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The modern pantheist not only sees the god in everything, he takes photographs of it. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“I do not believe in religion, but if I had to choose one, it would be Buddhism. It seems more livable, closer… — Björk Copy Share Image
Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
I was almost persuaded to be a Christian. I thought I never again could be thoughtless and worldly. But I soon forgot… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Since 1787 the principle of freedom of religion has been attacked but never overthrown. Keeping education in the United States free of… — Joseph Leon Blau Copy Share Image
Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Freedom of religion means the right of the individual to choose and to adhere to whichever religious beliefs he may prefer, to… — Joseph Leon Blau Copy Share Image
The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly - and somehow it scared… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Do you not know that every religion in the world has declared every other religion a fraud? Yes, we all know it.… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It's astonishiing that so many religious people are ignorant enough to think atheism is 'just another religion'. But at least it explains… — Steve Fowler Copy Share Image
Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith ; and in this sense… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we look for… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
“Reasonableness is a matter of degree. Beliefs can be very reasonable (Japan exists), fairly reasonable (quarks exist), not unreasonable (there's intelligent life… — Stephen Law Copy Share Image
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, then that this universall Frame, is… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is no evidence for a god, no coherent definition of a god, no good argument for a god, good positive arguments… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“One of the misconceptions about atheism is that it somehow means someone denies the possibility of a deity. In all actuality, it… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence is no… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Renouncing false beliefs will not usher in the millennium. Few things about the strategy of contemporary apologists are more repellent than their… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
There is a court to which I shall appeal: the court of public opinion. — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
“Atheism remains the only honest, rational and moral position to hold.” — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
If souls continue to exist, how does the air contain them from eternity? — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
To me it is unthinkable that a real atheist could be a scientist. — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image