Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think... — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The God of the Old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction... — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith. — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Today Christians... stand at the head of Germany... We want to fill our culture again with the Christian Spirit. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“Beware the Sunday-morning faith that may get you through the week but not in heaven!” — Mike Bryan Copy Share Image
I've long been really intrigued with what is the ... proper role of faith and religion in public life, — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
In Denmark, the king's faith became the religion of the country, and we are still happy with that today. — Margrethe II of Denmark Copy Share Image
It is too late in the day for men of sincerity to pretend they believe in the Platonic mysticisms that three are… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[All religious sects] dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight; and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I try to understand faith and religion. I was raised by wonderful Catholic parents who were deeply faithful and taught us that… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Critical thinking is to a liberal education as faith is to religion. ... the converse was true also - faith is to… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God, like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think there's nothing better in the world than a spirited discussion about the Bible and Jesus and God and the Catholic… — Elizabeth Vargas Copy Share Image
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“My book was not written in hate for Christians or disdain for the principles often associated with Jesus Christ—instead it was inspired… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
“I once again felt an odd flush of admiration for my partner's faith in a religion I had long ago abandoned. She… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“As the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today Christians ... stand at the head of [this country]... I pledge that I never will tie myself to parties who want… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Seen through the eyes of faith, religion's future is secure. As long as there are human beings, there will be religion for… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
A faith in culture is as bad as a faith in religion; both expressions imply a turning away from those very things… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Let me repeat: the stakes are high. We must confront one of the most massive pseudo-evidences in recent intellectual history: the belief,… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Preachers dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist. — Peter Jennings Copy Share Image
“When you are singled out for torture because of your faith, can religion still be a beacon?” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The Bible: a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalise mankind. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image