Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public;… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The idea that any personal deity could find pleasure or profit in torturing a poor woman, by accident, with a fiendish cruelty… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Freethinkers reject faith as a valid tool of knowledge. Faith is the opposite of reason because reason imposes very strict limits on… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Evolution is a fact, as securely established as any in science, and he who denies it betrays woeful ignorance and lack of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Humanity is in the highest degree irrational, so that there is no prospect of influencing it by reasonable arguments. Against prejudice one… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
You are out of the way of temptation and out of the way of the tempter - I didn't mean to make… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I certainly never believed, more or less, in the "essential doctrines" of Christianity, which represent God as the predestinator of men to… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
And may I not be allowed to ... read in the character of the American people, in their devotion to true liberty… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Creeds like pacifism or anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
An atheist, like a Christian, holds that we can know whether or not there is a God. The Christian holds that we… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I’ve often wondered how the term “'New Atheism”' gained such currency. It is a misnomer. There is nothing new about nonbelief. All… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
“Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book, and creed, and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free. Mankind… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“We are all tricked. We think that religion tells us what to believe; but it doesn't, it is telling us what not… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Let us inquire what glory there was in an omnipotent being torturing forever a puny little creature who could in no way… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
Put an underdog on top and it makes no difference whether his name is Russian, Jewish, Negro, Management, Labor, Mormon, or Baptist… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“But [he] had lost god, and all his family and friends were staying behind with his imaginary friend. A silly dream goes… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
“When a politician spends a million on himself, we rally and call him a thief. But when a cardinal spends the same… — Justin Villanueva Copy Share Image
The public schools are supported entirely, in most communities, by public funds-funds exacted not only from parents, nor alone from those who… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Though aware that there is nothing in the universe that suggests any purpose for humanity, one way that we can find a… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
People for the American Way says it has yet to find anyone who has made a stronger case against the proposed school… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
Rome is the Great Beast of atheism and materialism, adoring nothing but itself. Israel is the Great Beast of religion. Neither one… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
I prefer rationalism to atheism. The question of God and other objects-of-faith are outside reason and play no part in rationalism, thus… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
One may sigh for all that one loses in giving up the old religion... but the new irreligion is the manlier, honester… — Charles Eliot Norton Copy Share Image
“For wicked people to do evil requires money, and good people superstition. Combining these elements gives us organized religion, but to achieve… — Sean Kamali Copy Share Image
Atheism has become a major threat to the church. New Atheists tend to be articulate and belligerent. They are aggressively engaging in… — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
To describe religions as mind viruses is sometimes interpreted as contemptuous or even hostile. It is both. I am often asked why… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos. There has to be some organizing principle. God to me… — Allan Sandage Copy Share Image
Woe to the people that fails to honor its heroes! It will cease producing them, cease knowing them. Heroes spring from the… — Rudolf Hess Copy Share Image
“We stay busy so we don't have to admit we don't have all the answers. After long enough with our constant distractions,… — Brian Krans Copy Share Image
“I chronicle my evolution from born again Christian to unabashed atheist and try to dispel some popular misconceptions about what atheism is.… — Alan Jeskin Copy Share Image
Of the 417 commandments, only a single one of the 417 has found ministerial obedience; multiply and replenish the earth. To it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Intelligent Design has been hijacked by a narrow group of creationist fundamentalists in America to mean something it didn't originally mean at… — Guy Consolmagno Copy Share Image
If there is a God that has special plans for humans, then He has taken very great pains to hide His concern… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
I am not responsible for what other people think. I am responsible only for what I myself think, and I know what… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Pride is yet again in the way of our mind’s ability to accept that we may not be the most intelligent and… — Mario Stinger Copy Share Image
In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
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![“And may I not be allowed to ... read in the character of the American people, in their devotion to true liberty and to the Constitution which is its palladium [protection], ... a Government which watches over ... the equal interdict [prohibition] against encroachments and compacts between religion…” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/james-madison-373_american-people_and-may-i-not-be-allowed-to-read-in-the_833132.png)
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