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
I don't know if anybody from my tribe of atheists ever thanked [Barack Obama] for giving us a shout-out at your first… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist. — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
I've been atheist since I became aware of the term, but my material is not all about religion - not by a… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the Theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
I do not think it is necessary to believe that the same God who has given us our senses, reason, and intelligence… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
As an atheist evolving to agnosticism, and seeking answers to whether or not belief in God is potentially rational, my life was… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should guard against the encroachment of religion in areas where it has no place, and in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like this. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith — Carlos Ruiz Zafon 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
But they that hold God to be [an incorporeal substance]do absolutely make God to be nothing at all. But how? Were they… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Math . . . music .. . starry nights . . . These are secular ways of achieving transcendence, of feeling lifted… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
If we cannot find our way to a time when most of us are willing to admit that, at the very least,… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. . . . Dogs do not… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
In my hometown, a lot of my friends are very religious and we somehow have found common ground, even though they know… — Bridget Everett Copy Share Image
“Like Alan Turing, Zuse was educated in a system that focused on a child's emotional and philosophical life as well as his… — Konrad Zuse Copy Share Image
Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any ... people of any religious faith in this country. — Al Gore Copy Share Image
It is easier to suppose that the universe has existed for all eternity than to conceive a being beyond its limits capable… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
When Alex left for Alaska," Franz remembers, "I prayed. I asked God to keep his finger on the shoulder of that one;… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image