The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Religion is like a virus that affects the behaviour of its host in such a way as to propagate itself further. — Jack Pritchard Copy Share Image
“Interesting Avil, the priests and the acolytes of the various religions and temples of Torea build their whole lives on a lie.… — Martyn Stanley Copy Share Image
“ Ayer may be considered a practical atheist: one who sees no reason to worship an invisible deity.” — James A. Haught Copy Share Image
Personally, I think the 'Christian family' should be called a Christian fantasy. — Ruth Hurmence Green Copy Share Image
I don't say that I'm an atheist. I don't like that term, because I think it mirrors the certitude of religion. I… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“For wicked people to do evil requires money, and good people superstition. Combining these elements and we get organized religion, but to… — Sean S Kamali Copy Share Image
“Science has never killed or persecuted a single person for doubting or denying its teaching, and most of these teaching have been… — Gratis P. Spencer Copy Share Image
It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless hopes dampened… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
If you are a Christian, you can still practice Stoicism and think of the Logos as the Word of God. If you… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
You don't need to get rid of religion; you have to outgrow the need for it. In other words, instead of hoping… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Atheists have to live with the knowledge that there is no salvation, no redemption, no second chances. Lives can go terribly wrong… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“Raised in a completely nonreligious family, Joliot never attended any church and was a thoroughgoing atheist all his life.” — Francis Perrin Copy Share Image
What happens in our lives is not really anybody's fault but our own... When I was in high school, I was in… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
I had NO interest in being a theologian, especially not a Christian, as I had been raised by progressive atheists. We bowed… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“If everything must have a cause, of course, this also applies to God; if God can exist in isolation, then why not… — Etienne Vermeersch Copy Share Image
“The God to whom I was introduced as a child was basically a Jewish one: male, fatherly, Anglo-European, bearded, angrily loving, judgmental,… — Carlton D. Pearson Copy Share Image
“I became aware of Jews in my early teens, as I started to pick up the signals from the Christian church. Not… — Phillip Adams Copy Share Image
I try to take people at face value and then beyond, taking them out of face value and out of the category… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
How do I know the Bible isn't the word of God? Well if it was the word of God it would be… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
