Atheism is an effect of that knowledge [a poll showed atheists knew more about religion than anyone else], not a lack of… — David Silverman Copy Share Image
Every injustice that has ever been fastened upon women in a Christian country has been “authorized by the Bible” and riveted and… — Helen H. Gardener Copy Share Image
“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to… — Sir Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
This is regrettable indeed for a nation that aspires to teach democracy to other nations, because, as Burke said: "Example is the… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
Sufism is not a religion or a philosophy, it is neither deism nor atheism, nor is it a moral, nor a special… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“So you are Catholic? Didn't know that. I am nothing, I said. God knows God is no friend of mine. But I… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
If you must believe in anything, believe in yourselves, in your senses, in your minds. To accept a religious creed is to… — Marilla Ricker Copy Share Image
By honest I don't mean that you only tell what's true. But you make clear the entire situation. You make clear all… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
And I can see that everything about this God has been purposely designed to poison our experience of life on earth, not… — Pat Condell Copy Share Image
The ministers are in duty bound to denounce all intellectual pride, and show that we are never quite so dear to God… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Though I myself am an atheist, I openly profess religion in the sense just mentioned, that is, a nature religion. I hate… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
Imagine a person who comes in here tonight and argues 'no air exists' but continues to breathe air while he argues. Now… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“Suppose that members of a religious movement, such as Christianity, maintain that the existence of some powerful god and its goals or… — Matt McCormick Copy Share Image
“What makes today’s popular atheism so depressing is neither its conceptual boorishness nor its self-righteousness but simply its cultural inevitability. It is… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
The idea that He would take his attention away from the universe in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
What you don't understand is that it is possible to be an atheist, it is possible not to know if God exists… — Boris Pasternak 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
“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
Well it's fairly straightforward: there isn't one [a god]. And there's no evidence for one, no reason to believe that there is… — Anonymous 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
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
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
The atheists are for the most part imprudent and misguided scholars who reason badly who, not being able to understand the Creation,… — Voltaire 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
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
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
“Every time the sky cries, it is because an angel has died... Lucifer started a war in Heaven, and it persists even… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
The general government is proscribed from the interfering, in any manner whatsoever, in matters respecting religion; and it may be thought to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The distrust and suspicion which men everywhere evidence toward their adversaries, at all states of historical development, may be regarded as the… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
I have endeavoured to dissipate these religious superstitions from the minds of women, and base their faith on science and reason, where… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
All religions, with their gods, their demigods, and their prophets, their messiahs and their saints, were created by the credulous fancy of… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
I don't mind if other people call me an atheist, but I call myself a naturalist. Atheism doesn't tell you much about… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The belief in supernatural forces remains to this day a yoke on the neck of humanity, but at least Thales made it… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a firm belief in such things as, you know, the water, the Earth, the trees and sky. And I'm wondering,… — Bill Blass Copy Share Image
You can never find a Christian who has acquired this valuable knowledge, this saving knowledge, by any process but the everlasting and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
![“Atheism is an effect of that knowledge [a poll showed atheists knew more about religion than anyone else], not a lack of knowledge. I gave a bible to my daughter. That is how you make atheists.” quote by David Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/david-silverman-24528_atheism_atheism-is-an-effect-of-that-knowledge-a_2631522.jpg)
![“Imagine a person who comes in here tonight and argues 'no air exists' but continues to breathe air while he argues. Now intellectually, atheists continue to breathe - they continue to use reason and draw scientific conclusions [which assumes an orderly universe], to make moral judgments [which…” quote by Greg L. Bahnsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/greg-l-bahnsen-19294_air_imagine-a-person-who-comes-in-here-tonig_1643378.jpg)
![“Well it's fairly straightforward: there isn't one [a god]. And there's no evidence for one, no reason to believe that there is one, and so I don't believe that there is one. And I think that it is rather foolish that people do think that there is one.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/anonymous-1_atheism_well-it-s-fairly-straightforward-there-i_2268045.jpg)
