Half the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, are facts. And the other half… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“Science and religion both make claims about the fundamental workings of the universe. Although these claims are not a priori incompatible (we… — Sean Carroll Copy Share Image
Some people suggest that a worldview is like a set of glasses that color the way you see the world around you.… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
“A smart person speaks out the truth. A wise person doesn't care about speaking it out, as much as he or she… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar.… — Penn Jillette 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
In the past 10,000 years, humans have devised roughly 100,000 religions based on roughly 2,500 gods. So the only difference between myself… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
We live in a very pluralistic society today. There are Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, atheists, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Christians like me.… — John Shelby Spong 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
I am an atheist and I consider religions to be a form of collective neurosis. I am not an enemy of the… — Diego Rivera 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
Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the… — Frantz Fanon 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
“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
Millennials, in particular, consider themselves to be spiritual, but they're not necessarily going to anybody's church. It's not like the world is… — Adam Frank Copy Share Image
An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Take the Holocaust for example: Why did God allow Hitler to kill millions of innocent Jews? Because God didn't want to step… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
An argument frequently used by believers [is] to force unbelievers to soften their terms by accepting their opponents' definition; "Atheist" means without… — Jim Herrick Copy Share Image
The Omen is one of my favorites. Even though I'm an atheist now, I was brought up Catholic and can remember thinking… — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
“But it’s atheists who say that the world wasn’t made by anyone, and you say you’re not an atheist . . ."… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The greatest danger that besets us does not come from believers or atheists; it comes from those who, under the guise of… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
I affirm my faith when I'm asked about it. But I always try to do so in a way that communicates absolute… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Atheism is partly the result of bad theology, an unpaid bill resulting from failures in depicting God. It is not surprising that… — Clark H. Pinnock Copy Share Image
Yet the most pervasive error one encounters in contemporary arguments about belief in God-especially, but not exclusively, on the atheist side-is the… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and conviction… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest in the… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“These words of yours, devoid of Christ, devoid of Spirit, are colder than ice itself, so that they tarnish the beauty of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you are a Christian you do not have to believe that all the other religions are simply wrong all through. If… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Atheists have as much conscience, possibly more, than people with deep religious conviction, and they still have the same problem of how… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
It is less injury to Him to deny His being, than to deny the purity of it; the one makes Him no… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
(When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The being we call god is merely a pawn working for a powerful and rational force in some far-off galaxy. This force… — Nick Yee Copy Share Image
When I was an atheist I hated people, especially people that talked about God. I thought that they were naive. It wasn't… — Lacey Sturm Copy Share Image
Since science is essentially objective, involving the study of how things actually are, "materialism" would therefore seem to be its antithesis, since… — Melanie Phillips Copy Share Image
Yes, I think I use the term radical rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as atheist some people will… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“By the very notion that God does not exist an atheist embodies the idea of a supreme being by pondering the very… — Tom Hamilton Copy Share Image