The Romans called the Christians atheists. Why? Well, the Christians had a god of sorts, but it wasn't a real god. They… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“Now, I don't believe that a god exists. I think that gods are creation of men, by men, and for men. What… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of rational evidence I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Look at Satan's reason for rebelling against God. It's not that he doesn't recognize that God is greater than he is. He… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
We live at a time that is notable for the polemical nature of discussions about identity, consciousness, rationality, agency, memory, and feeling.… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
It is my view that the simplest explanation is there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“I’m a believer. And like I said, I wish I was still an atheist. Believing I was born into a harsh, uncaring… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“It is odd that the Bible says, ‘God created man,’ whereas it is the other way round: man has created God. It… — Béla Bartók Copy Share Image
“If we are to discuss the idea of God and be restricted to rational arguments, then it is probably useful to know… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
It is merely an accident of history that it is considered normal in our society to believe that the Creator of the… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“[On famous Nobel Laureate Niels Bohr] [Niels] Bohr's sort of humor, use of parables and stories, tolerance, dependence on family, feelings of… — Finn Aaserud Copy Share Image
When I approached God at that time, I hardly had a living faith in Him. The agnostic was in me, the atheist… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
“It's a random universe. Shit happens. Good people get stage 4 cancer and dipshits win the lottery. There is no justice. Everything… — Quentin R. Bufogle Copy Share Image
Faith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
The great Creator to revere Must sure become the creature; But still the preaching cant forbear, And ev'n the rigid feature: Yet… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
“[Letter to his wife, Natalia Sedova] In addition to the happiness of being a fighter for the cause of socialism, fate gave… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
People are invariably surprised to hear me say I am both an atheist and an agnostic, as if this somehow weakens my… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
It is neither just the religious, the spiritual, the power-hungry, the evil, the ignorant, the corrupt, the Christian, the Muslim, the Hindu,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his… — Conor McGregor Copy Share Image
“A God who could make good children as easily a bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If it were true that Christianity and science were incompatible, there would be no Christians who were respected scientists. If fact, about… — Jeffrey Burton Russell Copy Share Image
The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“For the first time (but how long will it take us to acknowledge this?) in the history of ideas, a philosopher had… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Many of my fellow atheists consider all talk of 'spirituality' or 'mysticism' to be synonymous with mental illness, conscious fraud, or self-deception.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Atheists are often charged with blasphemy, but it is a crime they cannot commit... When the Atheist examines, denounces, or satirises the… — George William Foote Copy Share Image
When women understand that governments and religions are human inventions; that Bibles, prayer-books, catechisms, and encyclical letters are all emanations from the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I study the… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I'm an atheist. But I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God. We celebrate pretty much… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
It doesn't seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals,… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialog with God. If he said… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Maybe there are only atheists in foxholes. If the faithful truly and fully believe in a protective deity, why would they dive… — J. Anderson Thomson Copy Share Image