“The clear awareness of having been born into a losing struggle need not lead one into despair. I do not especially like… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
It was my duty to give them the best show possible. Say you've got a timid little preacher in North Carolina or… — Marjoe Gortner Copy Share Image
As a Christian, a trained engineer and scientist, and a professor at Emory University, I am embarrassed by Superintendent Kathy Cox's attempt… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am an intransigent atheist, though not a militant one. This means that I am not fighting against religion - I am… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Atheism is a theoretical formulation of the discouraged life... — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
A material resurrection seems strange and even absurd except for purposes of punishment, and all punishment which is to revenge rather than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Many of the innovations in science and philosophy have come from unbelievers, some of whom died for their 'unbeliefs.' Without unbelief, we… — Gordon Stein Copy Share Image
It turns out that the word atheism means much less than I had thought. It is merely the lack of theism. — Dan Barker 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
Atheism in legislation, indifference in matters of religion, and the pernicious maxims which go under the name of Liberal Catholicism are the… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
What it was at the time was literally a plea for, to get the pressure off for a while, to give her… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
If your stories were real I would scream my dissolution amongst the searching soul; if wishes were not so unreal I would… — Marc Broude Copy Share Image
“Of course what I'm about to share isn't true for me but... Friends, somebody said, are "god's apology for relations." (p. 129)” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists… — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
I have no more fear of death than I do of going to sleep. I have no psychotic, PMSing, invisible tyrant in… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
Atheism is not a religion. One of the things, in fact, that atheism lacks are the kinds of rituals that religion does… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
We have the Annunciation, the Conception, the Birth and the Adoration, as described in the first and second chapters of Luke's gospel;… — Samuel Sharpe Copy Share Image
I took about a year to fully adjust. Like there's a death at the family or a divorce, you don't just snap… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Christians and Jews don't believe in Allah or Brahma. Hindus don't believe in Yahweh or Allah. Muslims don't believe in Brahma or… — Mark Thomas Copy Share Image
The difference between theism and nontheism is not whether one does or does not believe in God. . . Theism is a… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
