It has been petrified into a slavery of thought and sentiment, as intolerant superiority on the part of the few and an… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him? If he is infinitely wise, why should we have… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“We can give up belief in God while not losing touch with a treasured heritage.” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The kind of sermon which is preached in most colored churches is not today attractive to even fairly intelligent men. — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Christianity gave eroticism its savor of sin and legend when it endowed the human female with a soul. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“The melancholy of the antique world seems to me more profound than that of the moderns, all of whom more or less… — Flaubert Gustave Copy Share Image
Atheist, in the strict and proper sense of the word, is one who does not believe in the existence of a god,… — Richard Watson Copy Share Image
Once you assume a creator and a plan, it makes us objects in a cruel experiment whereby we are created sick and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
This is regrettable indeed for a nation that aspires to teach democracy to other nations, because, as Burke said: "Example is the… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
As for Christianity's alleged concern with truth, Christian faith is to free inquiry what the Mafia is to free enterprise. Christianity may… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
WHAT WE NEED IN AMERICA TODAY IS A VIGOROUS RETURN TO THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS AND A MOST VIGOROUS DEFENSE AGAINST… — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image
“Let's say that the consensus is that our species, being the higher primates, Homo Sapiens, has been on the planet for at… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them;… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Religion is not a nice thing. It is potentially a very dangerous thing because it involves a heady complex of emotions, desires,… — Karen Armstrong 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
Regardless of whether or not you belong to a majority religion, in the United States you may not impose your theology on… — Lori Lipman Brown Copy Share Image
Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“since the order of the world is shaped by death, mightn't it be better for God if we refuse to believe in… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Among German historians, there's really not much debate about whether or not Hitler was a social Darwinist. He clearly was drawing on… — Richard Weikart Copy Share Image
If God does not exist, and if religion is an illusion that the majority of men cannot live without ... let men… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
