The church at the time was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical and… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
“Atheism is the philosophical equivalent of a fish denying the existence of land because he lacks the means to experience it.” — J.Adam Snyder Copy Share Image
“There is no god, and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
“—Then, said Cranly, you do not intend to become a protestant? —I said that I had lost the faith, Stephen answered, but… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Faith is precisely the paradox that the single individual as the single individual is higher than the universal, is justified before it,… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I have seem even those who have long since abjured God die in grace. . . . Atheists don't use their drying… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
The daily disappearance and the subsequent rise of the sun appeared to many of the ancients as a true resurrection; thus, while… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
I make little distinction betwee those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing. — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
What's the difference between the Lone Ranger and God? There really is a Lone Ranger. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Whatever anybody believes as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else, it's fair enough, and works, and I think, is real, and… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Remember, Jesus would rather constantly shame gays than let orphans have a family. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam,… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery. — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science. — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The argument against faith is all based upon the rigorous analysis of the scriptures, and not upon the objective observation of the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There is a word sweeter than mother, home or heaven. That word is liberty. — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Legislatures have no right to set up an inquisition and examine into the private opinions of men. Test-laws are useless and ineffectual,… — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
The two Testaments are interesting, each in its own way. The Old one gives us a picture of these people's Deity as… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The traditional arguments for the existence of God have been fairly thoroughly criticised by philosophers. But the theologian can, if he wishes,… — J.L. Mackie Copy Share Image
Faith, Fanatic faith, once wedded fast to some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“In the pragmatist, streetwise climate of advanced postmodern capitalism, with its scepticism of big pictures and grand narratives, its hard-nosed disenchantment with… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
There are good reasons to believe in God, including the existence of mathematical principles and order in creation. They are positive reasons,… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
“She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The light dove, cleaving the air in her free flight, and feeling its resistance, might imagine that its flight would be still… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings.… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Consciously or unconsciously, most theists see in gods and devils, heaven and hell, reward and punishment, a whip to lash the people… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I had an imaginary friend and I used to think that he went everywhere with me, and… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Much of the contemporary American atheistic movement seems to be treating atheism like a new kind of religion. .... It's just that… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
The Christian god is a being of terrific character - cruel, vindictive, capricious and unjust. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I like lime-flavoured yoghurt. The end. There is no religion. It’s a man-made fabrication. Once you understand that, you’ll be a happier… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
