In the absence of evidence, the scientist says, 'I don't know,' but the religionist says, 'I believe.' — David Eller Copy Share Image
It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
Wee do freely profess that our Lord the King hath no more power over their Roman Catholics' coonsciences than over ours, and… — Thomas Helwys Copy Share Image
Evolution throws a wonderful light on all the struggles, eccentricities, tortuous developments of the human conscience in the past. It is the… — Joseph McCabe Copy Share Image
Religion has convinced people that theres an invisible man ¦ Living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Practical atheism, seeing no guidance for human affairs but its own limited foresight, endeavors itself to play the god, and decide what… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
No sign of purpose can be detected in any part of the vast universe disclosed by our most powerful telescopes. — Hugh Elliot Copy Share Image
Religion! but for thee, prolific fiend, Who peoplest earth with demons, hell with men, And heaven with slaves! — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The Christian take on Hellfire seems less dramatic than the Muslim vision, which I grew up with, but Christian magical thinking appeals… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Persistently leavening public opinion, in a grossly superstitious age, with the theological doctrine of popular preachers, that woman is a sex of… — Ellen Battelle Dietrick Copy Share Image
“My name is Matt Besser, and I'm an Arkansas Razorback. My father is a Jew from Little Rock, Ark., my mother was… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
“The 330 million gods and goddesses of the Hindu culture act as placebo for the masses, just like other gods of other… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
According to the bible, Heaven is completely perfect and Hell is completely evil. In Heaven, in order to keep everything completely perfect,… — William Carroll Copy Share Image
Are science and religion converging? No. There are modern scientists whose words sound religious but whose beliefs, on close examination, turn out… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
If they are good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa or Europe; they may be Mahometans, Jews or Christians of any… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It cannot be emphasized too strongly that Christianity has a vested interest in human misery. Christianity, perhaps more than any religion before… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
“Religions and states and classes and tribes and nations do not have to work or argue for their adherents and subjects. They… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It is often lamented by the churchmen that Washington and Lincoln possessed little religion except that found in the word 'God.' All… — David Swing Copy Share Image
Somebody needs to start a restaurant called, 'Chick-Fil-Atheist' that's only open on Sunday. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The public schools shall be free from sectarian influences and, above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A peace that is truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war. — George Orwell Copy Share Image