I went off to college, a good, middle-class, very proper college, a Brethren institution, where two years of Bible study are required for graduation. It was a good, sound, thorough, but completely biased evaluation of the Bible, and I was… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I recall that I had a terrible struggle finding anything antireligious in the school libraries.But many years later my family moved into a house where a woman had left a box of books containing 20 volumes on the history of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
If a humanist or an atheist or an agnostic says, "We'll bake you a pie," we can go right into the kitchen and bake… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society. Most American… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
My son Bill, who came to me in 1960-he was 14 then, quoted the old parable to me: "It is not by their words,… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
There is no God. There's no heaven. There's no hell. There are no angels. When you die, you go in the ground, the worms… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
Kids should be taught about sex, sex hygiene and contraceptive methods starting in the sixth grade, and whenever they want to try it, they… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition. It's no coincidence that most of my… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
Long ago, when I was a very young girl, I said that I wanted to go everywhere, see everything, taste everything. hear everything, touch… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
Scholars have found that references to Christ in Josephus were deliberately planted in the translation long after it was written, and the Latin references… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
“Oh, one of the things that I am most proud of is that people can say, "I am an atheist," in the United States… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
I decided that we'd have to take our chances with the law and get the hell out of Baltimore. I thought of seeking asylum… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But it's been… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
I need somebody who can at least stand up to me and slug it out, toe to toe. I don't mean a physical battle.… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
I'm not proud of having been married -I've had five affairs, all of them real wingdings. I've enjoyed every goddamned minute of them, but… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was a historical… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
Engineers have a very limited education and background, I think you need to move into the broader humanities in order to become a total… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share
