Throughout the three decades preceding the Civil War, the anticlerical ethos of the radical abolitionists was used against them by religious opponents… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
It may be true that there are no atheists in foxholes. But you don't find many Christians there, either. Or, about as… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I might say that the debate between atheists and Christians is rather stale to me, because the Christians say, "You must be… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
If you trace back all those links in the chain that had to be in place for me to be here, the… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
Every religion ... has rituals, practices, holy writings or traditions, etc. Nothing like that has ever developed from Atheism. There are no… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The media challenged me. `You're not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe the… — Pat Roberts Copy Share Image
“If I do not personify God, you call me an atheist. But I do not personify God because I refuse to limit… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“[When asked about his thoughts on gods] I think it's like a movie that was way too popular. It's a story that's… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
I don't think anything gives your life joy and meaning. I think your life simply has joy and meaning. The love for… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man? — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God in a… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
...if you ask me whether or not I'm an atheist, I wouldn't even answer. I would first want an explanation of what… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Why doesn't the pope convert to Calvinism? Why doesn't the Dalai Lama, convert to Christianity, why doesn't Billy Graham convert to Islam,… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most damnatory biography… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Because, you see, God—whatever anyone chooses to call God—is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I'm an Atheist. I don't believe in God, Gods, Godlets or any sort of higher power beyond the universe itself, which seems… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
I went into the Army, and one day, in the middle of a bull session, somebody called me an atheist. Believe it… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
He that puts on a religious habit abroad to gain himself a great name among men, and at the same time lives… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
