My father taught me that the question Who made me? cannot be answered, since it immediately suggests the further question, Who made… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
From my early 20s on, I would waver between atheism and agnosticism, never coming close to considering that God could be real. — Kirsten Powers Copy Share Image
It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What sense or thought do they have? They follow the popular singers, and they take the crowd as their teacher. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water, gets out of his grave and goes up off the… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
A true friend is a gift from God. Since God doesn't exist, guess what? Neither do true friends. — Scott Dikkers Copy Share Image
It is universally accepted that an admission of atheism would be instant political suicide for any (U.S.) presidential candidate. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“The problem with atheism, I find, under these circumstances, is that I have no one to despise but myself. If, however, I… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Evolution is the root of atheism, of communism, nazism, behaviorism, racism, economic imperialism, militarism, libertinism, anarchism, and all manner of anti-Christian systems… — Henry M. Morris Copy Share Image
The world looks like it was designed. Of course, the Sun also looks like it goes around the Earth. It is only… — Mark Thomas Copy Share Image
Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends… — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
The sight of one man standing up to challenge God and country is something that Madison, Jefferson and Franklin would cheer, and… — Kenneth C. Davis Copy Share Image
The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of Majesty, yet no man… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
I lay down the Position, That whatever a Conscience well directed allows us to do for the Advancement of Truth, an erroneous… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
It is thought strange and particularly shocking by some persons for a woman to question the absolute correctness of the Bible. She… — Helen H. Gardener Copy Share Image
The prince's official job description as king will be 'defender of the faith,' which currently means the state-financed absurdity of the Anglican… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“McGrath briefly notes Bertrand Russell's Why I am not a Christian, and J. J. C. Smart gets a single mention, as does… — Keith Parsons Copy Share Image
We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures;… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
We want to be masters of our own destiny. We need no Gods or Emperors. We do not believe in the existence… — Wei Jingsheng Copy Share Image
“Initially, the God of the Old Testament might seem overwhelming and domineering to you, or tyrannical, or perhaps even evil, which is… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
