I could not without vile hypocrisy and a miserable truckling to the smile of the world ... profess to join in worship… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
An atheist is a man who looks through a telescope and tries to explain what he can't see… — Orlando Aloysius Battista Copy Share Image
I baptize you not in the name of the father, but in the name of the devil. (Ego baptizo te in nomine… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“In order to put an end to our conflicts; we must put an end to the religions people stupidity.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
Surely our clergy need not be surprised at the daily increasing distrust in the public mind of the efficacy of prayer. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin, Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Religion is based on dogma and belief, whereas science is based on doubt and questioning. — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
I am an atheist because there is no evidence for the existence of God. That should be all that needs to be… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Religious people are not entitled to special rights, even if they are elected leaders or in the majority; they are not allowed… — Ed Buckner Copy Share Image
Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men's fates are in their own hands… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
The clergy, with a few honorable exceptions, have in all modern countries been the avowed enemies of the diffusion of knowledge, the… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share Image
“It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so,it will be necessary first to slay… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
No matter who you are, do not be a fanatic. Do not be a fanatic neither religious, nor ideological, nor political, neither… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
While science continually uncovers new mysteries, it has removed much of what was once regarded as deeply mysterious. Although we certainly do… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense of men… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had so often sung 'Deutschland u:ber Alles' and shouted 'Heil' at the top of my lungs, that it seemed to me… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and because firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the case… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“If God's love encompasses the whole world and if everyone who does not believe in him will perish, then surely this question… — Charles Templeton Copy Share Image
“Anyone who is unimpressed with sneering atheism will be unimpressed by the famous science fiction works by Margaret Atwood or the fantasy… — John C Wright Copy Share Image
If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Religion is but a desperate attempt to find an escape from the truly dreadful situation in which we find ourselves. Here we… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
Our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
Religion is a universal security blanket for a lot of people, especially children. It gives them a sense of security, albeit, I… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
“Skepticism is my nature. Free Thought is my methodology. Agnosticism is my conclusion. Atheism is my opinion. Humanitarianism is my motivation.” — Jerry DeWitt Copy Share Image
The struggle against atheism is foremost and of necessity a struggle against the inadequacy of our own theism. — Karl Rahner Copy Share Image
“By the way, I never realized that to be nonbelieving, to be an atheist, was a thing to be proud of. It… — Erwin Schrödinger Copy Share Image
“With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed. — James Prescott Joule Copy Share Image
The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“The trouble is I have the religious temperament but I don't have the belief.” — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image
“Atheist's will seek a logical explanation when something is not understood where as Theist's will call it God's will.” — Christopher Paul Flateau Copy Share Image
This is why I respect those who are curious about God, but I beware of those who claim to find Him. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Biographies by preachers are of no value. If they admire a man they always make him a saint, while if they dislike… — George C. Lorimer Copy Share Image
“Atheism is a conclusion one comes to after a sincere, honest evaluation of the evidence.” — Peter Boghossian 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
Apart from moral conduct, all that man thinks himself able to do in order to become acceptable to God is mere superstition… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
If God allows proof that he exists he robs people of faith and without faith what is God? Nothing. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Life feeds on life... feeds on life feeds on life... this is neccesary... this is necessary life feeds on life... feeds on… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they have ceased to believe that even a God can… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
